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Carlow House Prices & Rents

1,444 Property Price Register sales · rents Q4 2025 · latest 12 Jun 2026
Median sale price (last 12 months)
€276,500
422 sales · South-East prices +8.7% year-on-year (CSO mix-adjusted)
9 homes sold in Carlow in June 2026 (latest data) — see the Leinster feed →
CSO official benchmark — Carlow median: €318,000 (mix-adjusted, 12 mo to 2026-04). Town figure is local detail.
Avg rent/mo
€1,349
+10.3% YoY
Gross yield
5.9%
rent ÷ price
Net yield (est.)
4.6%
after ~20% costs + LPT
New build
€339,999
Second-hand
€274,000

Over the last 12 months 422 homes sold in Carlow at a median of €276,500. That sits below the Carlow benchmark of €318,000. Across the South-East region, CSO mix-adjusted house prices are +8.7% year-on-year. New builds sold at a median €339,999 versus €274,000 for second-hand homes. At an average rent of €1,349 a month, that is a gross rental yield of 5.9% (4.6% net of typical costs).

Who lives in Carlow?

Census 2022 area profile for the Carlow built-up area — the official built-up-area definition of the town. This is the local-area context — separate from the sale prices above, which are matched to Carlow addresses on the Property Price Register.

Owner-occupied
51%
42% rented
Houses/bungalows
88%
12% flats/apts
Vacant dwellings
6.6%
Census 2022
Households
10,053
Carlow
AFFORDABILITY
7.2× income
Carlow’s median sale price €276,500 is about 7.2× the local-area median gross household income of €38,222 (CSO Census 2022, electoral division).

Recent sales

DateAddressTypePrice
11 Jun 26149 SAND HILLS, HACKETSTOWN RD, CARLOWSecond-hand€300,000
09 Jun 265 MOUNT LEINSTER PARK, TULLOW ROAD, CO. CARLOWSecond-hand€300,000
08 Jun 2613 RATHSILLAN, CARLOW RD, TULLOWSecond-hand€265,000
08 Jun 266 RIVER CREST, SLEATY ST, GRAIGUECULLENSecond-hand€220,000
05 Jun 26139 HEATHERHILL COURT, SLATEY RD, GRAIGUECULLENSecond-hand€225,000
05 Jun 2620 HEATHER HILLS, PORTLAOISE RD, CARLOWSecond-hand€275,000
05 Jun 2620 NEW ST, GREEN ROAD, CARLOWSecond-hand€295,000
02 Jun 264 GREENHILLS, BROWNESHILL ROAD, CARLOWSecond-hand€266,000

Median price, year by year

2023  ██████████████████████████████ €225,000  (447)
2024  █████████████████████████████████ €248,250  (412)
2025  ████████████████████████████████████ €269,500  (456)
2026  ██████████████████████████████████████ €285,000  (129)

Average rent by size

1-bed2-bed3-bed4+ bed
€970€1,122€1,306€1,817

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Official government data only. Individual sale prices are shown exactly as recorded on the Property Price Register. Medians and yields adjust new-build prices for 13.5% VAT (the register lists new dwellings ex-VAT), which brings them within a few % of the official CSO county median. Rents: RTB via CSO.

Sources: Property Price Register (PSRA), CSO RPPI (HPM05), RTB Average Monthly Rent (RIQ02); area profile — CSO Census 2022 (Tables 6.1/6.3/6.8) + ED household income; boundary — OSi/Tailte Éireann; basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors. All CC-BY. Verify any sale at propertypriceregister.ie. Data subject? Email us for removal.