Irish property prices on the rise again and now up 16.8% year on year

After two months of falling prices, property in Ireland is on the rise again with values up 0.9% across the country, according to the latest index. Residential property prices are now up 16.8% on an annual basis and in Dublin they are 22.8% higher than March 2014 after a 1.1% monthly rise. A breakdown of the figures from the Central Statistics Office shows that in Dublin house prices rose by 1% in March whilst apartment prices increased by 2.1%. However, a CSO spokesman pointed out that it shoul...