56 houses sold in Laois in first month of the year – down 28% on January 2023

There were 56 residential properties sold in Laois in the first month of the year according to the Property Price Register, a significant decrease on the 2023 figure.

Last January saw 78 homes sold – 22 more than 2024.

Of the houses sold this year, 17 broke the €300,000 barrier, with two exceeding €400,000.

The most expensive property was a five-bedroom, four-bathroom, detached house in Kilminchy Avenue, Portlaoise, which sold for €485,000.

The other was a four-bedroom, four-bathroom property in De Vesci Hill, Abbeyleix, which went for €400,881.05.

Three other houses sold for figures exceeding €350,000, including a property at Sandy Lane, Mountmellick which went for €387,000.

€370,000 was the price for a house in Newpark, Portlaoise, while a house in Corrig, Stradbally sold for €360,000.

These 17 houses represent 30% of the total houses sold, down from 36% of houses sold in January 2023 that exceeded the €300,000 barrier.

In total, there was €14.5 million spent on houses in the County in the first month of the year, down from the €20 million spent in January 2023.

However, there has been a slight rise of 1% in the average cost of buying a home on the same period as last year, up from €257,500 in 2023 to €260,000 in 2024.

Just over 50% of all houses in the County were sold in Portlaoise with the majority of the others in Portarlington, Mountmellick, Graiguecullen, Abbeyleix and Stradbally.

There can be some anomalies in the figures on the Property Price Register but it is regarded as the most accurate barometer of activity on the residential property scene in Ireland.

The full list of properties which sold in Laois in January are as follows:

1. €485,000.00 – 2 Kilminchy Ave, Dublin Rd, Portlaoise – 30/01/2024
2. €400,881.05 – 29 De Vesci Hill, Abbeyleix – 15/01/2024
3. €387,000.00 – Sandy Lane, Mountmellick – 31/01/2024
4. €370,000.00 – Newpark, Portlaoise – 16/01/2024
5. €360,000.00 – Corrig, Stradbally – 19/01/2024
6. €339,207.05 – 4 Maple Avenue, Foxburrow, Portlaoise – 04/01/2024
7. €339,207.00 – 6 Maple Avenue, Foxborough, Portlaoise – 10/01/2024
8. €330,396.48 – 15 The Avenue, Mount Stewart, Stradbally Road, Portlaoise – 08/01/2024
9. €330,000.00 – 51 Maryborough Village, Mountrath Road, Portlaoise – 30/01/2024
10. €324,375.00 – 9 The Avenue, Mount Stewart, Stradbally Road, Portlaoise – 10/01/2024
11. €315,000.00 – 27 Highfield Manor, Mullins Lane, Crosneen – 29/01/2024
12. €310,000.00 – Elvira, Derry Rd, Durrow – 31/01/2024
13. €310,000.00 – 28 Barrowvale, Graiguecullen – 30/01/2024
14. €308,370.00 – 13 Aspen Way, Foxburrow, Portlaoise – 17/01/2024
15. €307,370.00 – 11 Aspen Way, Foxburrow, Portlaoise – 22/01/2024
16. €303,965.00 – 2 Maple Close, Foxburrow, Portlaoise – 10/01/2024
17. €301,762.00 – 4 Maple Close, Foxburrow, Portlaoise – 23/01/2024
18. €298,425.00 – 29 Sruth Na Ghleanna, Killeshin – 30/01/2024
19. €295,000.00 – 3 Railway Lodge, Portarlington – 05/01/2024
20. €290,748.90 – 57 Maryborough Village, Portlaoise – 10/01/2024
21. €290,748.90 – 58 Maryborough Village, Portlaoise – 12/01/2024
22. €290,748.90 – 59 Maryborough Village, Portlaoise – 11/01/2024
23. €290,748.00 – 56 The Forge, Maryborough Village, Portlaoise – 15/01/2024
24. €279,000.00 – 21 Ashley Gardens, Borris Rd, Portlaoise – 11/01/2024
25. €279,000.00 – 6 Seskin Court, Portarlington – 08/01/2024
26. €276,651.98 – 25 Meadows Way, Crossneen, Graiguecullen – 23/01/2024
27. €265,000.00 – 26 Lake Dr, Kilminchy, Portlaoise – 17/01/2024
28. €255,000.00 – 55 The Fairways, Ballyroan Rd, Abbeyleix – 24/01/2024
29. €250,000.00 – 4 Lake Glade, Kilminchy Village, Portlaoise – 12/01/2024
30. €246,000.00 – 6 Lake Place, Kilminchy, Portlaoise – 08/01/2024
31. €245,000.00 – 43 Rinuccini, Dublin Rd, Portlaoise – 30/01/2024
32. €245,000.00 – 81 Rinuncinni, Portlaoise – 09/01/2024
33. €245,000.00 – 68 Barrowvale, Portlaise Road, Graiguecullen – 11/01/2024
34. €245,000.00 – 75 Broomville Lawn, Dublin Rd, Portlaoise – 16/01/2024
35. €237,000.00 – 34 Oakley Crescent, Graiguecullen – 19/01/2024
36. €235,000.00 – 11 Manor Grove, Manor Rd, Mountmellick – 18/01/2024
37. €230,000.00 – 12 Craydon Court, Portlaoise, Laois – 16/01/2024
38. €230,000.00 – 9 Rossvale Court, Portlaoise – 22/01/2024
39. €277,533.13 – 31 Meadows Way, Crossneen – 17/01/2024
40. €226,000.00 – 9 Brockley Park, Stradbally – 19/01/2024
41. €220,000.00 – 3 Grange Hall, Mountmellick – 09/01/2024
42. €220,000.00 – 31 Ard Erin, Mountrath – 30/01/2024
43. €215,000.00 – 89 Carmody Way, Fairgreen, Portlaoise – 25/01/2024
44. €212,000.00 – 5 Abbey Court, Abbeyleix Rd, Portlaoise – 19/01/2024
45. €212,000.00 – 42 Sli Na Mona, Portarlington – 19/01/2024
46. €210,000.00 – 28 Lough Gate, Portarlington – 18/01/2024
47. €200,000.00 – 13 The Hermitage, Portlaoise – 15/01/2024
48. €197,500.00 – 74 Carmody Way, Fairgreen, Portlaoise – 18/01/2024
49. €195,000.00 – 8 Newline Close, Mountrath – 29/01/2024
50. €190,000.00 – 81 Hawthorn Way Esker Hills, Portlaoise – 17/01/2024
51. €184,200.00 – 51 Higgins Park, Fairgreen, Portlaoise – 22/01/2024
52. €175,000.00 – 426 The Sycamores, Kilnacourt Woods, Portarlington – 17/01/2024
53. €170,000.00 – 22 Willow Grove, Mountmellick – 25/01/2024
54. €170,000.00 – 53 St Brigids Sq, Portarlington – 19/01/2024
55. €112,158.00 – 23 Silverwood, Mountmellick – 03/01/2024
56. €50,000.00 – Coolowley, Errill, Rathdowney – 15/01/2024

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