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Portlaoise House Prices & Rents

1,846 Property Price Register sales · rents Q4 2025 · latest 12 Jun 2026
Median sale price (last 12 months)
€365,000
572 sales · Midland prices +12.5% year-on-year (CSO mix-adjusted)
8 homes sold in Portlaoise in June 2026 (latest data) — see the Leinster feed →
CSO official benchmark — Laois median: €355,000 (mix-adjusted, 12 mo to 2026-04). Town figure is local detail.
Avg rent/mo
€1,316
+13.6% YoY
Gross yield
4.3%
rent ÷ price
Net yield (est.)
3.4%
after ~20% costs + LPT
New build
€395,000
Second-hand
€280,000

Over the last 12 months 572 homes sold in Portlaoise at a median of €365,000. That sits above the Laois benchmark of €355,000. Across the Midland region, CSO mix-adjusted house prices are +12.5% year-on-year. New builds sold at a median €395,000 versus €280,000 for second-hand homes. At an average rent of €1,316 a month, that is a gross rental yield of 4.3% (3.4% net of typical costs).

Who lives in Portlaoise?

Census 2022 area profile for the Portlaoise 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 Portlaoise addresses on the Property Price Register.

Owner-occupied
59%
37% rented
Houses/bungalows
91%
9% flats/apts
Vacant dwellings
7.3%
Census 2022
Households
7,785
Portlaoise
AFFORDABILITY
8.0× income
Portlaoise’s median sale price €365,000 is about 8.0× the local-area median gross household income of €45,394 (CSO Census 2022, electoral division).

Recent sales

DateAddressTypePrice
11 Jun 2624C STRADBROOK, STRADBALLY RD, PORTLAOISESecond-hand€185,000
08 Jun 2694 DEVESCI COURT, FAIRGREEN, PORTLAOISESecond-hand€220,000
05 Jun 2611 HIGHFIELD MEADOWS, BORRIS RD, PORTLAOISESecond-hand€337,000
05 Jun 2639 LAUREL DR, ESKER HILLS, PORTLAOISESecond-hand€269,000
05 Jun 26THE MEWS, 9 KELLYVILLE, PORTLAOISESecond-hand€215,000
04 Jun 266 ROSSDARRAGH HILL, PORTLAOISE, LAOISSecond-hand€435,000
02 Jun 26BALLYGEEHIN, BALLACOLLA, PORTLAOISESecond-hand€600,000
02 Jun 26CONNEBERRY, OLD KNOCK-MAY ROAD, PORTLAOISESecond-hand€370,000

Median price, year by year

2023  █████████████████████████ €255,000  (539)
2024  █████████████████████████████ €295,000  (531)
2025  █████████████████████████████████ €330,000  (566)
2026  ██████████████████████████████████████ €385,000  (210)

Average rent by size

1-bed2-bed3-bed4+ bed
€1,103€1,312€1,302€1,515

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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.