Photo: Graham Horn · CC BY-SA 2.0Since 2015, Loughrea’s home prices have outrun the typical Irish town: up 260% against +129%
The median home in Loughrea sells for €272,500. That is the middle of 332 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. The typical home sells for 3.6 times as much as in 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Loughrea’s cost of living page.
92% of the homes sold in Loughrea were second-hand
332 market sales in three years: 27 new homes and 305 second-hand.
median sale · 305 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €317K 94 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +44%
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
New homes: 27 sold
Fewer than 30 sales: too few for a median.
median sale · 332 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €196K–€343K
- Last 12 months
- €340K 105 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
8% 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 Loughrea’s homes sold for between €196K and €343K
One sale in ten was under €110K and one in ten over €425K. 41% sold for under €250K and 7% for €500K or more.
The median, €272,500, sits in the €250–300K band
332 market sales, 2023–25, VAT included. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 3.6 times as much as in 2015, a faster rise than the typical Irish town’s
From €150,000 in 2010 to €327,000 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
About as many homes sell as usual
107 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2015, with 184, and the quietest 2011, with 39.
Loughrea costs less than the typical Irish town
Each year’s median sale: the town, the middle of County Galway’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 | €150K | €91K | €192K | €327K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| Second-hand homes | €137K | €100K | €190K | €317K |
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.
8% of the homes sold in Loughrea in three years were new
27 new homes and 305 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
12% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 47% in 2010.
Only 27 new homes sold in three years
Against 305 second-hand: too few new sales for a median of their own in Loughrea.
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: 27 new and 305 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Danesfort Drive is Loughrea’s busiest street or estate, with 13 sales in three years
19 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025, 3 of them ten or more.
| # | Street or estate | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danesfort Drive | 13 | €303,000 | Second-hand |
| 2 | Cross Street | 12 | €227,500 | Second-hand |
| 3 | Tynagh | 12 | €136,000 | Second-hand |
| 4 | Kilchreest | 9 | €130,000 | Second-hand |
| 5 | Kylebrack | 9 | €200,000 | Second-hand |
| 6 | Carraig Mor | 8 | €321,000 | Second-hand |
| 7 | Cosmona | 8 | €326,800 | Second-hand |
| 8 | Abbey | 7 | €150,000 | Second-hand |
| 9 | Baunoge | 7 | €263,000 | Mixed |
| 10 | Bullaun | 7 | €382,000 | Mixed |
| 11 | Clostoken | 7 | €360,000 | Second-hand |
| 12 | Athenry Road | 6 | €276,500 | Second-hand |
| 13 | Carraig Linn | 6 | €310,500 | Mixed |
| 14 | Barrack Street | 5 | €260,000 | Second-hand |
| 15 | Caheronaun | 5 | €305,000 | Second-hand |
The Waterfront: €475,000
Kilchreest: €130,000
At the median, the dearest costs 3.7 times the cheapest.
Streets and estates with 5 or more market sales from 2023 to 2025, named as the register’s addresses name them; medians only.
Loughrea is the 20th most expensive of 28 towns in County Galway
Loughrea is in the middle of County Galway’s towns to buy in; the typical Irish town’s median is €350,000.
Towns of 1,000 or more in County Galway, 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.
Loughrea’s neighbours
The towns around Loughrea: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loughrea | €273K | 332 | +260% | |
| Craughwell | €382K | 85 | +138% | 11.1 |
| Athenry | €354K | 352 | +159% | 16.5 |
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 Loughrea
What is the average house price in Loughrea?
The median home in Loughrea sold for €272,500 from 2023 to 2025, across 332 market sales on the Property Price Register (€340,000 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in Loughrea?
The median sale was €277,000 in 2024 and €327,000 in 2025: it went up 18%.
How many homes sell in Loughrea each year?
107 sales in Loughrea were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 122 a year over the last ten. Sales whose address names no town aren’t counted, so the true figure is somewhat higher.
Is Loughrea expensive for County Galway?
Loughrea is the 14th most expensive of 20 towns of 2,500 or more in County Galway 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).