Photo: Ian Rob · CC BY-SA 2.0Kells is the cheapest place to buy among 12 towns in County Meath, at a median €301,000
Homes in Kells sell for a median €301,000. That is the middle of 487 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. The typical home sells for 2.5 times as much as in 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Kells’s cost of living page.
79% of the homes sold in Kells were second-hand
487 market sales in three years: 102 new homes and 385 second-hand. At the median a new home sold for 33% more.
median sale · 102 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €385K 60 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +26%
- the typical Irish town
- €419K
median sale · 385 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €306K 129 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +33%
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
median sale · 487 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €225K–€365K
- Last 12 months
- €370K 163 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
21% 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 Kells’s homes sold for between €225K and €365K
One sale in ten was under €160K and one in ten over €429K. 30% sold for under €250K and 6% for €500K or more.
The median, €301,000, sits in the €300–400K band
487 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 2.5 times as much as in 2015, a faster rise than the typical Irish town’s
From €210,000 in 2010 to €348,000 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
More homes sell than in most years
189 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2025, with 189, and the quietest 2011, with 39.
Kells costs less than the typical Irish town
Each year’s median sale: the town, the middle of County Meath’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 | €210K | €140K | €190K | €348K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| Second-hand homes | — | €140K | €180K | €306K |
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.
21% of the homes sold in Kells in three years were new
102 new homes and 385 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
32% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 29% in 2010.
A new home sold for a median €365,000
against €275,000 for a home sold on, 33% more, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
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: 102 new and 385 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Gardenrath Road is Kells’s busiest street or estate, with 47 sales in three years
20 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025, 9 of them ten or more.
| # | Street or estate | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gardenrath Road | 47 | €353,700 | Mostly new |
| 2 | Moynalty Road | 34 | €365,000 | Mostly new |
| 3 | Maudlin Road | 20 | €271,000 | Mixed |
| 4 | Carnaross | 13 | €170,000 | Second-hand |
| 5 | Crossakiel | 13 | €250,000 | Second-hand |
| 6 | Moynalty | 13 | €348,000 | Second-hand |
| 7 | Oldcastle Road | 11 | €290,000 | Second-hand |
| 8 | Headfort Demesne | 10 | €372,500 | Second-hand |
| 9 | Kilskyre | 10 | €260,000 | Second-hand |
| 10 | Maudlin Street | 9 | €251,000 | Second-hand |
| 11 | The Glebe | 9 | €260,000 | Second-hand |
| 12 | Kilmainham | 8 | €295,000 | Second-hand |
| 13 | Oristown | 8 | €345,000 | Second-hand |
| 14 | Bective Street | 6 | €287,500 | Second-hand |
| 15 | Cavan Road | 6 | €293,500 | Second-hand |
Rosmeen: €506,200
Carnaross: €170,000
At the median, the dearest costs 3 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.
Kells is the 16th most expensive of 18 towns in County Meath
Kells is one of County Meath’s cheapest towns to buy in; the typical Irish town’s median is €350,000.
Towns of 1,000 or more in County Meath, 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: Mullagh.
The towns around Kells: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kells | €301K | 487 | +149% | |
| Mullagh | €273K | 92 | +233% | 10.5 |
| Athboy | €350K | 183 | +151% | 12.1 |
| Navan | €350K | 1,554 | +118% | 15.8 |
| Virginia | €300K | 203 | +136% | 18.2 |
| Oldcastle | €290K | 85 | – | 19 |
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 Kells
What is the average house price in Kells?
The median home in Kells sold for €301,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 487 market sales on the Property Price Register (€370,000 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in Kells?
The median sale was €305,500 in 2024 and €348,000 in 2025: it went up 14%.
How many homes sell in Kells each year?
189 sales in Kells were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 137 a year over the last ten. Sales whose address names no town aren’t counted, so the true figure is somewhat higher.
How much does a new build cost in Kells?
New homes sold for a median €365,000 over three years, against €275,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 21% of sales.
Is Kells expensive for County Meath?
Kells is the 12th most expensive of 12 towns of 2,500 or more in County Meath 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).