Photo: Darren J. Prior · CC BY-SA 4.0Since 2015, Castlerea’s home prices have outrun the typical Irish town: up 191% against +129%
The median home in Castlerea sells for €146,000. That is the middle of 333 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. The typical home sells for 2.9 times as much as in 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Castlerea’s cost of living page.
99% of the homes sold in Castlerea were second-hand
333 market sales in three years: 3 new homes and 330 second-hand.
median sale · 330 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €160K 101 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +24%
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
New homes: 3 sold
Fewer than 30 sales: too few for a median.
median sale · 333 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €90K–€195K
- Last 12 months
- €170K 100 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
1% 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 Castlerea’s homes sold for between €90K and €195K
One sale in ten was under €60K and one in ten over €258K. 87% sold for under €250K and 0% for €500K or more.
The median, €146,000, sits in the €100–150K band
333 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 2.9 times as much as in 2015, a faster rise than the typical Irish town’s
From €55,000 in 2012 to €160,000 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
About as many homes sell as usual
102 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2021, with 136, and the quietest 2010, with 15.
Castlerea costs less than the typical Irish town
Each year’s median sale: the town, the middle of County Roscommon’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 | — | €55K | €67K | €160K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| Second-hand homes | — | €55K | €59K | €160K |
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.
Hardly any new homes: 1% of the homes sold in Castlerea in three years
3 new homes and 330 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
1% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 23% in 2013.
Only 3 new homes sold in three years
Against 330 second-hand: too few new sales for a median of their own in Castlerea.
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: 3 new and 330 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Ballinagare is Castlerea’s busiest street or estate, with 20 sales in three years
18 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025, 6 of them ten or more.
| # | Street or estate | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ballinagare | 20 | €173,000 | Second-hand |
| 2 | Lisacul | 19 | €160,000 | Second-hand |
| 3 | Main Street | 17 | €90,000 | Second-hand |
| 4 | Knockroe | 16 | €135,000 | Second-hand |
| 5 | Ballintubber | 13 | €187,000 | Second-hand |
| 6 | St Patricks Street | 11 | €146,000 | Second-hand |
| 7 | Fairymount | 9 | €142,000 | Second-hand |
| 8 | Kilkeevan Park | 9 | €186,500 | Mixed |
| 9 | Loughglynn | 9 | €140,000 | Second-hand |
| 10 | Loughlynn | 9 | €140,000 | Second-hand |
| 11 | Tarmon Manor | 9 | €200,000 | Second-hand |
| 12 | Castleplunkett | 8 | €104,000 | Second-hand |
| 13 | Carrowbehy | 7 | €112,000 | Second-hand |
| 14 | Church Road | 6 | €128,500 | Second-hand |
| 15 | Riverside | 6 | €102,500 | Second-hand |
Ballindrimley: €214,000
Riverwalk: €90,000
At the median, the dearest costs 2.4 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.
Castlerea is the 3rd most expensive of 4 towns in County Roscommon
Castlerea is in the middle of County Roscommon’s towns to buy in; the typical Irish town’s median is €350,000.
Towns of 1,000 or more in County Roscommon, 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: Ballaghaderreen.
The towns around Castlerea: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castlerea | €146K | 333 | +191% | |
| Ballaghaderreen | €98K | 82 | – | 16.3 |
| Ballyhaunis | €144K | 190 | +209% | 18.7 |
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 Castlerea
What is the average house price in Castlerea?
The median home in Castlerea sold for €146,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 333 market sales on the Property Price Register (€170,200 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in Castlerea?
The median sale was €156,000 in 2024 and €160,000 in 2025: it went up 3%.
How many homes sell in Castlerea each year?
102 sales in Castlerea were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 111 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).