Home prices rise €24k in second quarter of 2017

House prices have increased by an average of €24,000 in the second quarter of the year, with asking prices in the capital up €32,000 since the start of the year.

The average price of a three-bed semi has increased in every county bar Sligo, where prices have dropped by just over 5% to €122,500, with prices remaining static in Leitrim, Cavan, Roscommon, Longford, Laois, and Wicklow.

The latest property report from MyHome.ie, in association with Davy, shows the average price of a three-bed semi is up everywhere else, by 1.72% to €290,500 in Dublin — 37% below the peak of the boom — and in Cork, up 4.76% to €220,000 — 34% below the peak.