Tipperary House Price Survey Jan 2020

The price of the average three-bed semi in County Tipperary is expected to rise by 3% in the next 12 months, according to a survey carried out by Real Estate Alliance.

Prices in the county rose by 5.1% to €171,500 in 2019 – with 0.1% growth between September and December.

The REA Average House Price Survey concentrates on the actual sale price of Ireland's typical stock home, the three-bed semi, giving an up-to-date picture of the second-hand property market in towns and cities countrywide.

“We are seeing a shortage of supply of houses, with purchasers wary of investing, particularly at the higher end of the market, due to Brexit concerns,” said Eoin Dillon of REA Dillon in Nenagh, where prices are averaging €177,500, up 6% in 2019.

“The three-bed semi market is still very active - in most cases the mortgage is costing the purchasers less per-month than their rent.”

According to Seamus Browne of REA Seamus Browne in Roscrea, where prices are averaging €163,000 (+5% in 2019), “the market is slow, with no new developments. An increased supply in semi-detached homes is coming from landlords exiting the market."

According to John Stokes, REA Stokes & Quirke Clonmel, where the average semi-detached is selling for €170,500, up 0.28% in 2019, “no new private housing developments have started in south Tipperary. This issue must be addressed, as the price for rental properties is increasing."

James Lee, REA John Lee Newport, where prices rose by 9% in 2019 to €175,000, said demand had slowed.

“Demand has eased in this area, and prices have levelled-off. The market is going through a settling-down period."

Average house prices nationally fell annually for the first time since the economic recovery, the Q4 REA Average House Price Index found.

The price of a three-bedroomed semi-detached house across the country fell by -0.6% over the past year after a 4.6% annual rise in 2018.

The average family home nationally now costs €234,704, the survey found – a drop of -0.1% on the Q3 figure of €235,009.

However, drops across the country are far lower than the preceding quarter (-0.4%), indicating that some confidence returned to the market in the final 13 weeks of the year, with the prospect of a resolution to Brexit uncertainty.

Three-bed semi-detached houses in Dublin city registered a fourth consecutive quarter fall (-0.6%) since the end of September and have decreased by -4.3% compared to December 2018.

The price of the average three-bed semi-detached house in the capital’s postcode districts now stands at €425,833 – down €20,000 from €445,167 a year ago.

The absence of small investors due to Brexit uncertainty and a lack of incentives has also removed stimulus from the resales market and added to supply in many cases as landlords leave the market nationwide.

Prices fell slightly by -0.05% in the commuter counties in the past three months, with the average house now selling for €246,500 – an annual fall of 1%.

Prices in the country’s major cities outside Dublin – Cork, Galway, Waterford – remained largely unchanged

The highest annual price increases (2.8%) were once again seen in the rest of the country’s towns which rose in selling price by an average of almost €5,000 in the past year and 0.3% in the past three months to €162,207.