Photo: Kieran Campbell · CC BY-SA 2.0Since 2015, Dunleer’s home prices have lagged the typical Irish town: up 89% against +129%
The median home in Dunleer sells for €300,000. That is the middle of 108 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. Prices are up 89% on 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Dunleer’s cost of living page.
96% of the homes sold in Dunleer were second-hand
108 market sales in three years: 4 new homes and 104 second-hand.
median sale · 104 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €301K 30 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +23%
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
New homes: 4 sold
Fewer than 30 sales: too few for a median.
median sale · 108 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €214K–€386K
- Last 12 months
- €353K 36 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
4% 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 Dunleer’s homes sold for between €214K and €386K
One sale in ten was under €135K and one in ten over €520K. 32% sold for under €250K and 11% for €500K or more.
The median, €300,000, sits in the €300–400K band
108 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 89% on 2015, a slower rise than the typical Irish town’s
From €163,000 in 2015 to €308,500 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
More homes sell than in most years
34 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2022, with 44, and the quietest 2011, with 4.
Dunleer costs less than the typical Irish town
Each year’s median sale: the town, the middle of County Louth’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 | — | €163K | €185K | €309K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| Second-hand homes | — | €163K | €185K | €301K |
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.
4% of the homes sold in Dunleer in three years were new
4 new homes and 104 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 50% in 2012.
Only 4 new homes sold in three years
Against 104 second-hand: too few new sales for a median of their own in Dunleer.
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: 4 new and 104 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Main Street is Dunleer’s busiest street or estate, with 9 sales in three years
4 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025.
| # | Street or estate | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Main Street | 9 | €135,000 | Second-hand |
| 2 | Woodlands | 9 | €310,000 | Mixed |
| 3 | Dromin | 5 | €285,000 | Second-hand |
| 4 | Woodgrove Heights | 5 | €250,000 | 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.
Dunleer is the 8th most expensive of 10 towns in County Louth
Dunleer is in the middle of County Louth’s towns to buy in; the typical Irish town’s median is €350,000.
Towns of 1,000 or more in County Louth, 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: Castlebellingham-Kilsaran.
The towns around Dunleer: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunleer | €300K | 108 | +89% | |
| Castlebellingham-Kilsaran | €260K | 61 | – | 7.5 |
| Ardee | €305K | 276 | +168% | 9.6 |
| Tullyallen | €400K | 52 | – | 10 |
| Clogherhead | €315K | 69 | – | 10.8 |
| Dromiskin | €338K | 42 | – | 10.8 |
| Termonfeckin | €397K | 70 | – | 11.1 |
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 Dunleer
What is the average house price in Dunleer?
The median home in Dunleer sold for €300,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 108 market sales on the Property Price Register (€352,500 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in Dunleer?
The median sale was €295,000 in 2024 and €308,500 in 2025: it went up 5%.
How many homes sell in Dunleer each year?
34 sales in Dunleer were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 36 a year over the last ten. Sales whose address names no town aren’t counted, so the true figure is somewhat higher.
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).