Photo: 瑞丽江的河水 · CC BY-SA 4.0Homes in Howth sell for a median €803,500, 130% above the typical Irish town
The median home in Howth sells for €803,500. That is the middle of 186 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. Prices are up 81% on 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Howth’s cost of living page.
90% of the homes sold in Howth were second-hand
186 market sales in three years: 18 new homes and 168 second-hand.
median sale · 168 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €733K 50 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +1.7%
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
New homes: 18 sold
Fewer than 30 sales: too few for a median.
median sale · 186 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €580K–€1.3M
- Last 12 months
- €880K 65 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
10% of the sales were new homes
Market sales on the Property Price Register, 2023–25. The register says whether a home was new or second-hand, not its type or size. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%. A median needs 30 sales.
Half of Howth’s homes sold for between €580K and €1.3M
One sale in ten was under €453K and one in ten over €1.8M. 1% sold for under €250K and 87% for €500K or more.
The median, €803,500, sits in the €750K–1M band
186 market sales, 2023–25, VAT included. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Prices are up 81% on 2015, a slower rise than the typical Irish town’s
From €690,000 in 2010 to €740,000 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
About as many homes sell as usual
51 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2020, with 75, and the quietest 2011, with 24.
Howth costs more than the typical Irish town
Each year’s median sale: the town, the middle of County Dublin’s towns of 2,500 or more, and the typical Irish town.
New homes and second-hand, year by year
| 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All homes | €690K | €408K | €690K | €740K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| Second-hand homes | — | €385K | €638K | €733K |
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 30 sales of the kind, so a dash is a year with fewer.
Property Price Register: every market sale placed in the town since 2010, VAT included; a year’s median needs 30 sales. Sales whose address names no town aren’t counted.
10% of the homes sold in Howth in three years were new
18 new homes and 168 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
2% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 19% in 2023.
Only 18 new homes sold in three years
Against 168 second-hand: too few new sales for a median of their own in Howth.
Filed without VAT
Most new homes are filed on the register without VAT. Every figure here adds back 13.5%, so new and second-hand compare like for like.
Property Price Register, 2023–25: 18 new and 168 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Thormanby Road is Howth’s busiest street or estate, with 28 sales in three years
9 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025, 1 of them ten or more.
| # | Street or estate | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thormanby Road | 28 | €1,612,500 | Mixed |
| 2 | Claremont Road | 7 | €735,000 | Second-hand |
| 3 | Grace Omalley Road | 6 | €517,500 | Second-hand |
| 4 | Harbour View | 6 | €552,500 | Second-hand |
| 5 | Balkill Road | 5 | €833,000 | Second-hand |
| 6 | Balscadden Road | 5 | €1,575,000 | Second-hand |
| 7 | Dungriffin Road | 5 | €1,960,000 | Second-hand |
| 8 | Harbour Road | 5 | €400,000 | Second-hand |
| 9 | Thormanby Hill | 5 | €1,795,000 | Mostly new |
Streets and estates with 5 or more market sales from 2023 to 2025, named as the register’s addresses name them; medians only.
Howth is the 5th most expensive of 118 towns in County Dublin
Howth is one of County Dublin’s dearest towns to buy in; the typical Irish town’s median is €350,000.
Towns of 1,000 or more in County Dublin, by their median home of 2023–25; * marks a routing-key median (fewer than 30 sales in the town). Each links to its own Housing page.
Cheaper nearby: Sutton, Baldoyle and Raheny.
The towns around Howth: their median home (2023–25), market sales on the Property Price Register in those three years, the change in ten years and the distance.
| Town | Median sale | Sales, 3 years | Since 2015 | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howth | €804K | 186 | +81% | |
| Sutton | €717K | 301 | +28% | 3.7 |
| Baldoyle | €456K | 249 | +66% | 4.2 |
| Raheny | €550K | 591 | +52% | 5.2 |
| Clongriffin | €377K | 142 | +43% | 5.5 |
| Donaghmede | €415K | 133 | – | 5.6 |
| Portmarnock | €680K | 411 | +79% | 6.5 |
A routing-key price (fewer than 30 sales in the town) counts for its whole postal area. Rents are each town’s own RTB figure where published, else its district’s, city’s or county’s.
Questions about property prices in Howth
What is the average house price in Howth?
The median home in Howth sold for €803,500 from 2023 to 2025, across 186 market sales on the Property Price Register (€880,000 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in Howth?
The median sale was €770,000 in 2024 and €740,000 in 2025: it went down 4%.
How many homes sell in Howth each year?
51 sales in Howth were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 65 a year over the last ten. Sales whose address names no town aren’t counted, so the true figure is somewhat higher.
Is Howth expensive for County Dublin?
Howth is the 5th most expensive of 116 towns of 2,500 or more in County Dublin by median sale price.
Can I see individual sales or prices by street?
Yes: the Property Price Register publishes every residential sale with its address and price at propertypriceregister.ie. This page shows the town’s medians and counts.
Sales: Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority. House prices by Eircode routing key, RTB rents and household incomes: CSO, CC BY 4.0. Routing-key areas: Autoaddress.
Sources: Property Price Register (PSRA), 2010–2026 · CSO HPA04 house prices by Eircode routing key, 2023–25. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).