Articles: honest guides to what Irish homes actually sell for

Everything we publish about Irish property prices starts from the official record: the Residential Property Price Register, every stamp-duty filing since 2010, published weekly by the PSRA. Sold prices, the VAT gap on new builds, messy addresses, stamp duty and what the register leaves out, explained plainly.

• Pricing8 min

  How to check what a house sold for in Ireland

  Irish sale prices are public, free and reach back to 2010. Where the file comes from, what a row holds, and why a new build reads lower than it sold for.

  Updated: 2026-08-21

• Pricing9 min

  The Property Price Register explained

  A tax by-product that became the country best price record. Its statutory basis, its seven useful fields, and the long list of things it does not hold.

  Updated: 2026-08-21

• Pricing8 min

  Why Property Price Register figures look odd

  Most strange rows have dull explanations: VAT on new builds, free text addresses, non market transfers and a date that is later than the deal.

  Updated: 2026-08-21

• Pricing8 min

  Asking price vs sold price in Ireland

  The asking price is public, the sale agreed figure never is, and the register arrives months later. How to compare the two you can see without fooling yourself.

  Updated: 2026-08-21

• Pricing9 min

  Valuing a home from register comparables

  Six steps from a list of closings to a defensible number, including where to find the floor area the register does not hold and when to stop and pay a valuer.

  Updated: 2026-08-28

• Process8 min

  Stamp duty in Ireland: how it works when you buy

  The mechanism is stable even though the rates are not. How the charge is built, who files it, and why it is the reason the register exists at all.

  Updated: 2026-09-13

• Process7 min

  How long until a sale appears on the register

  Weekly updates do not mean instant publication. The chain from closing day to a published row, and why the most recent weeks always look quieter than they are.

  Updated: 2026-09-14

• Neighborhoods8 min

  Researching an area before you buy in Dublin

  Postal districts, routing keys and four local authorities inside one county field. A working method for reading a Dublin road from the price register.

  Updated: 2026-09-15

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  How to read Irish house price trends

  The register is transaction evidence, not an index. Mix, VAT and filing lag all move a raw median, which is why the official index exists.

  Updated: 2026-09-16

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  New build or second hand: what the register shows

  One flag on a row changes what its price means. How to convert a VAT exclusive new build figure properly, and why subtracting 13.5 per cent is the wrong move.

  Updated: 2026-09-17