Average County Galway house price exceeds €300,000

The average price of a home in County Galway has now exceeded €300,000.

It's a rise of €15,000 since the last Daft.ie report in June, and a rise of seven percent in a year - but still below the national average.

In Galway City, prices in the third quarter of 2024 were 4% higher than a year previously, compared to a rise of 6% seen a year ago.

The average price of a home in the city is now €389,000 - well above the national average of just under 350 thousand euro. 

Economist at Trinity College Dublin and author of the report Ronan Lyons says it all comes back to the lack of houses available on the market: