Photo: J. Patrick Fischer · CC BY-SA 4.0Home prices in Kenmare are up 200% on 2015, a faster rise than in the typical Irish town (+129%)
The median home in Kenmare sells for €305,000. That is the middle of 205 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. The typical home sells for 3 times as much as in 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Kenmare’s cost of living page.
95% of the homes sold in Kenmare were second-hand
205 market sales in three years: 10 new homes and 195 second-hand.
median sale · 195 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €298K 70 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +19%
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
New homes: 10 sold
Fewer than 30 sales: too few for a median.
median sale · 205 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €250K–€400K
- Last 12 months
- €335K 61 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
5% 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 Kenmare’s homes sold for between €250K and €400K
One sale in ten was under €197K and one in ten over €536K. 23% sold for under €250K and 15% for €500K or more.
The median, €305,000, sits in the €300–400K band
205 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 times as much as in 2015, a faster rise than the typical Irish town’s
From €160,000 in 2011 to €300,000 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
About as many homes sell as usual
72 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2014, with 102, and the quietest 2010, with 28.
Kenmare costs less than the typical Irish town
Each year’s median sale: the town, the middle of County Kerry’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 | — | €100K | €194K | €300K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| Second-hand homes | — | €105K | €194K | €298K |
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.
5% of the homes sold in Kenmare in three years were new
10 new homes and 195 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
3% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 43% in 2010.
Only 10 new homes sold in three years
Against 195 second-hand: too few new sales for a median of their own in Kenmare.
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: 10 new and 195 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Killowen is Kenmare’s busiest street or estate, with 18 sales in three years
9 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025, 4 of them ten or more.
| # | Street or estate | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Killowen | 18 | €487,500 | Mixed |
| 2 | Glanerought | 15 | €250,000 | Second-hand |
| 3 | Pairc Na Gloine | 11 | €259,000 | Second-hand |
| 4 | Gortamullen | 10 | €317,500 | Second-hand |
| 5 | Bonane | 8 | €355,000 | Second-hand |
| 6 | Killaha West | 7 | €435,000 | Second-hand |
| 7 | Dromneavane | 6 | €327,500 | Second-hand |
| 8 | Dromnevane | 6 | €317,500 | Second-hand |
| 9 | Killowen Road | 5 | €325,000 | Second-hand |
Streets and estates with 5 or more market sales from 2023 to 2025, named as the register’s addresses name them; medians only.
Kenmare is the 3rd most expensive of 10 towns in County Kerry
Kenmare is one of County Kerry’s dearest towns to buy in; the typical Irish town’s median is €350,000.
Towns of 1,000 or more in County Kerry, 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.
Questions about property prices in Kenmare
What is the average house price in Kenmare?
The median home in Kenmare sold for €305,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 205 market sales on the Property Price Register (€335,000 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in Kenmare?
The median sale was €317,500 in 2024 and €300,000 in 2025: it went down 6%.
How many homes sell in Kenmare each year?
72 sales in Kenmare were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 80 a year over the last ten. Sales whose address names no town aren’t counted, so the true figure is somewhat higher.
Is Kenmare expensive for County Kerry?
Kenmare is the 2nd most expensive of 5 towns of 2,500 or more in County Kerry 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).