Updated 17 September 2026
Current figures on home prices, sales, supply and the listing media buyers use to decide what to view.
A practical reference
This page brings together current Irish market figures with relevant research on property photography, video and virtual tours. Each statistic links directly to the original release, with the reporting period shown beside it.
There is no published Irish national count showing precisely how many listings use each media format. The media-performance figures here are UK-based, while the virtual-viewing adoption figures come from Irish property professionals.
UK property media performance
61%
A UK property-marketing overview reports that listings with professional photographs receive 61% more online views than those without.
Source: Skywall Photography, The Impact of Professional Photography on Property Marketing, Updated 5 February 2026 ↗32%
The same UK overview reports that homes presented with high-quality images sell 32% faster than listings with standard photographs.
Source: Skywall Photography, The Impact of Professional Photography on Property Marketing, Updated 5 February 2026 ↗87%
Skywall’s UK overview cites research showing that listings with virtual tours receive 87% more qualified enquiries, giving remote buyers a stronger way to decide whether to view in person.
Source: Skywall Photography, The Impact of Professional Photography on Property Marketing, Updated 5 February 2026 ↗15+
UK portal guidance cited by The Property Photo Guy reports that sales listings with 15 or more photographs receive more clicks, giving buyers enough visual detail to assess the home.
Source: The Property Photo Guy, Property Photography Statistics UK, 2026 ↗Irish property technology
36% / 64%
In IPAV’s Spring 2025 member survey, 36% said buyers were asking for virtual viewings, while 64% said they were not.
Source: IPAV, The Property Professional, Spring 2025, Spring 2025 ↗48% / 52%
IPAV’s survey found an even split: 48% thought virtual viewings were useful, while 52% felt all viewings should be in person.
Source: IPAV, The Property Professional, Spring 2025, Spring 2025 ↗42% / 58%
Among IPAV survey respondents, 42% had been through a property sale completed entirely through online or virtual means, while 58% had not.
Source: IPAV, The Property Professional, Spring 2025, Spring 2025 ↗73%
The SCSI reported that 73% of surveyed agents had made significant investment, or were considering it, in digital technologies such as digital bidding and virtual tours to support property sales.
Source: Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland, Residential Property Market Review and Outlook 2022, January 2022 ↗Prices and purchases
5.6%
The national Residential Property Price Index was 5.6% higher in the 12 months to June 2026.
Source: Central Statistics Office, Residential Property Price Index, June 2026, 19 August 2026 ↗€396,000
This was the median price paid for a residential property in the 12 months to June 2026.
Source: Central Statistics Office, Residential Property Price Index, June 2026, 19 August 2026 ↗6.4%
Residential property prices outside Dublin were 6.4% higher than in June 2025.
Source: Central Statistics Office, Residential Property Price Index, June 2026, 19 August 2026 ↗1,705
Revenue data recorded 1,705 first-time buyer purchases during June 2026.
Source: Central Statistics Office, Residential Property Price Index, June 2026, 19 August 2026 ↗New homes
8,823
There were 8,823 new dwelling completions between April and June 2026, down 3.6% on the same quarter in 2025.
Source: Central Statistics Office, New Dwelling Completions, Q2 2026, 30 July 2026 ↗54%
Scheme dwellings made up 54% of completions, followed by apartments at 30% and single dwellings at 16%.
Source: Central Statistics Office, New Dwelling Completions, Q2 2026, 30 July 2026 ↗36,284
Ireland recorded 36,284 new dwelling completions in 2025, the highest annual total in the series beginning in 2011.
Source: Central Statistics Office, New Dwelling Completions, Q4 2025, 29 January 2026 ↗38.7%
Apartment completions rose to 12,047 in 2025, up 38.7% on 2024.
Source: Central Statistics Office, New Dwelling Completions, Q4 2025, 29 January 2026 ↗Mortgage lending
€1.1bn
New mortgage agreements totalled €1.1 billion in June 2026, 9% higher than a year earlier.
Source: Central Bank of Ireland, Retail Interest Rates, June 2026, June 2026 ↗3.49%
The weighted average interest rate on new Irish mortgage agreements was 3.49% at the end of June 2026.
Source: Central Bank of Ireland, Retail Interest Rates, June 2026, June 2026 ↗93%
Fixed-rate lending accounted for 93% of new mortgage agreements in June 2026.
Source: Central Bank of Ireland, Retail Interest Rates, June 2026, June 2026 ↗Method and sources
These figures are taken from the latest relevant releases available on 17 September 2026. Price and purchase figures come from the Central Statistics Office Residential Property Price Index. Home-completion figures come from the Central Statistics Office New Dwelling Completions releases. Mortgage figures come from the Central Bank of Ireland’s retail interest-rate statistics. Listing-media figures are separately identified as UK property-market reporting or Irish agency research.
Avera Design International, “Ireland Property Market Statistics 2026”, updated 17 September 2026, averadesign.ie/ireland-property-market-statistics.
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