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\n Energy-efficient home prices against less-efficient properties Geowox<\/p>\n
THE MOST ENERGY-EFFICIENT HOMES command a premium of close to \u20ac100,000 over less-efficient properties.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s according to the latest housing market report from Geowox, an Irish property-tech start-up that provides automated property valuation models.<\/p>\n
In its housing market report for Quarter 2 of 2026, it found that the median, or mid-point, price for an Irish home reached \u20ac393,000, up 6.2% in a year.<\/p>\n
However, energy-efficient homes \u2013 those rated A-B on the BER system \u2013 carried a 27.3% premium, some \u20ac97,000, over less-efficient properties rated C\u2013G.<\/p>\n
Geowox said this analysis excluded new homes to \u201cisolate the direct impact of energy ratings on existing housing stock\u201d.<\/p>\n
The BER (Buildings Energy Rating) system is a measure of a home\u2019s energy usage based on its insulation, size and heating system, among other factors.<\/p>\n
The ratings must be given when a property is placed on the market to sell or rent, and they\u2019re known to affect house prices.<\/p>\n
\n Energy-efficient home prices against less-efficient properties Geowox<\/p>\n
Geowox\n<\/p>\n
And while Geowox found that national housing sales fell by 10.4% annually in Q2, energy-efficient homes \u201cproved highly resilient with a minor 1.6% dip\u201d.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere, Geowox found that new homes transacted at a median of \u20ac450,000, while new home transactions declined by only 2.9% year-over-year.<\/p>\n
Marco Giardina, head of data analytics at Geowox, remarked that the \u201cIrish property market remains resilient, with home prices rising despite a decline in transactions.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added that \u201cenergy-efficient and new homes continue to command a substantial premium\u201d.\n<\/p>\n
Home sales<\/p>\n
Geowox said some 13,026 homes were sold in the first three months of 2026, down 6.5% against the same period in 2025.<\/p>\n
It described this as a \u201cmarket that remains resilient on price despite thinner activity\u201d.<\/p>\n
Co Dublin was the most expensive region at a median of \u20ac500,000, a 42.9% premium over the rest of Ireland, where the median stands at \u20ac350,000.<\/p>\n
Co Wicklow (\u20ac460,000) and Co Kildare (\u20ac455,000) followed, while Co Longford was the least expensive county with median prices of \u20ac190,000.<\/p>\n
Across Dublin, D06 led at way with median prices of \u20ac901,000, D17 was lowest at \u20ac332,000.<\/p>\n
Rural homes meanwhile now command a premium of nearly 12% over urban properties, with rural and urban prices rising 7.7% and 4.2% respectively.<\/p>\n
By type, the median house reached \u20ac405,000, a 6.6% increase, while the median apartment was \u20ac330,000, up 3.1%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THE MOST ENERGY-EFFICIENT HOMES command a premium of close to \u20ac100,000 over less-efficient properties. That\u2019s according to the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":567739,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[239582,239583,72,239584,46563,807,61,60],"class_list":["post-567738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-a-rated","tag-ber-system","tag-business","tag-geowox","tag-house-prices","tag-housing","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=567738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/567739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=567738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=567738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=567738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}