Photo: Wanfried-Dublin · CC BY 4.0Home prices in Ratoath are up 63% on 2015, a slower rise than in the typical Irish town (+129%)
The median home in Ratoath sells for €447,000. That is the middle of 301 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. Prices are up 63% on 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Ratoath’s cost of living page.
85% of the homes sold in Ratoath were second-hand
301 market sales in three years: 45 new homes and 256 second-hand. At the median a new home sold for 17% more.
median sale · 45 sold in 3 years
- the typical Irish town
- €419K
median sale · 256 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €415K 71 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +7.8%
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
median sale · 301 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €324K–€540K
- Last 12 months
- €455K 106 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
15% 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 Ratoath’s homes sold for between €324K and €540K
One sale in ten was under €256K and one in ten over €685K. 8% sold for under €250K and 34% for €500K or more.
The median, €447,000, sits in the €400–500K band
301 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 63% on 2015, a slower rise than the typical Irish town’s
From €285,000 in 2010 to €455,000 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
More homes sell than in most years
99 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2019, with 146, and the quietest 2011, with 31.
Ratoath costs more 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 | €285K | €280K | €371K | €455K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| Second-hand homes | — | €280K | €369K | €415K |
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.
15% of the homes sold in Ratoath in three years were new
45 new homes and 256 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
28% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 42% in 2011.
A new home sold for a median €470,600
against €401,200 for a home sold on, 17% 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: 45 new and 256 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Fairyhouse Road is Ratoath’s busiest street or estate, with 20 sales in three years
21 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025, 7 of them ten or more.
| # | Street or estate | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fairyhouse Road | 20 | €540,000 | Second-hand |
| 2 | Corballis Demesne | 15 | €240,000 | Second-hand |
| 3 | Steeplechase Green | 13 | €360,000 | Second-hand |
| 4 | Broadmeadow Vale | 11 | €495,000 | Second-hand |
| 5 | Jamestown Park | 11 | €512,000 | Second-hand |
| 6 | Steeplechase Court | 11 | €310,000 | Second-hand |
| 7 | Milltree Park | 10 | €345,000 | Second-hand |
| 8 | Dunshaughlin Road | 9 | €470,000 | Mostly new |
| 9 | Leigh Valley | 8 | €530,000 | Second-hand |
| 10 | Wellfield Close | 8 | €455,000 | Mostly new |
| 11 | The Village Green | 7 | €331,000 | Second-hand |
| 12 | Fairyhouse Lodge | 6 | €801,000 | Second-hand |
| 13 | Fox Lodge Manor | 6 | €443,000 | Second-hand |
| 14 | Moulden Bridge | 6 | €350,000 | Second-hand |
| 15 | Woodlands Hall | 6 | €282,000 | Second-hand |
Fairyhouse Lodge: €801,000
Corballis Demesne: €240,000
At the median, the dearest costs 3.3 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.
Ratoath is the 3rd most expensive of 18 towns in County Meath
Ratoath is one of County Meath’s dearest 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: Ashbourne, Clonee and Ongar.
The towns around Ratoath: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ratoath | €447K | 301 | +63% | |
| Ashbourne | €395K | 639 | +96% | 4.2 |
| Dunshaughlin | €455K | 556 | +46% | 5.4 |
| Dunboyne | €450K | 281 | +67% | 9.9 |
| Clonee | €410K | 165 | – | 10.9 |
| Hollystown | €475K | 734 | – | 11 |
| Ongar | €325K | 159 | +94% | 12.3 |
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 Ratoath
What is the average house price in Ratoath?
The median home in Ratoath sold for €447,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 301 market sales on the Property Price Register (€455,000 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in Ratoath?
The median sale was €447,000 in 2024 and €455,000 in 2025: it held flat.
How many homes sell in Ratoath each year?
99 sales in Ratoath were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 105 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 Ratoath?
New homes sold for a median €470,600 over three years, against €401,200 for homes sold on. New builds were 15% of sales.
Is Ratoath expensive for County Meath?
Ratoath is the 3rd 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).