Property Price Register Ireland: Complete Guide (2026)
How to search Ireland’s Property Price Register, what data it includes, its limitations, and how to get the full picture when researching Dublin house prices.
Thousands of people search “property price register Ireland” every month. Most land on the official PPR website, click around, and leave frustrated. The site publishes sale prices — but it does nothing to help you understand them.
This guide covers what the PPR is, how to search it properly, what data it contains, what’s missing, and how to turn raw sale prices into useful buying decisions.
What Is the Property Price Register?
The Property Price Register (PPR) is a public database of every residential property sale in Ireland since 1 January 2010. It’s maintained by the Property Services Regulatory Authority (PSRA) and funded by the Department of Justice.
When a property sale completes, the buyer pays stamp duty to Revenue. Revenue passes the transaction data to the PSRA, who publishes it on propertypriceregister.ie. Every residential sale gets recorded — it’s mandatory under the Property Services (Regulation) Act 2011.
As of early 2026, the register contains over 700,000 transactions spanning 16 years, all downloadable from the PPR website.
Before 2010, there was no centralised record of what Irish houses sold for. Estate agents quoted asking prices. Media reported anecdotes. Nobody could look up what 12 Oak Drive actually changed hands for. The PPR fixed that.
How to Search the Property Price Register
The official site at propertypriceregister.ie is free. No registration needed.
Step-by-Step
- Go to propertypriceregister.ie
- Select a county (e.g. Dublin)
- Enter an area or address
- Choose a date range (defaults to last 12 months)
- Browse results: date, address, price, new/second-hand
Search Tips
Use fewer words, not more. “Raheny” returns all Raheny sales. “14 Cedar Avenue, Raheny, Dublin 5” might return nothing if the register uses a slightly different address format. Start broad, narrow later.
Try spelling variations. The register is inconsistent with abbreviations. “Road” vs “Rd”, “Saint” vs “St”, “Avenue” vs “Ave” — you might need to try multiple versions.
Expand your date range. The default covers only recent sales. Set the start date back to 2010 for the full picture on price trends.
Know that Dublin is broken into postcodes. Searching “Dublin 5” returns sales across Raheny, Artane, Harmonstown, and Killester. Each Dublin postal district is a useful boundary for area-level research.
Export to CSV. By far the most useful feature on the site. Download the data, open in Excel or Google Sheets, and sort, filter, and calculate averages far more easily than clicking through result pages.
Common Frustrations
- No map view. You can’t click on a neighbourhood and see sales — it’s text-only.
- No Eircode support. You can’t paste in D05 X9F2 and find the property.
- Vague addresses. Many entries say “6 The Drive, Some Estate” with no townland or postal code.
- No photos or details. Just the address and price. No bedrooms, no floor area, no BER rating.
These aren’t bugs — the PPR was designed as a simple transaction log, not a property research tool.
What Data Does the PPR Include?
Each entry has exactly six fields:
| Field | Example | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Date of Sale | 15/01/2026 | Date completed, not agreed |
| Address | 14 Cedar Avenue, Raheny, Dublin 5 | Format varies |
| County | Dublin | |
| Price (€) | €485,000 | Includes VAT for new builds |
| Not Full Market Price | Yes/No | Family transfers, forced sales etc. |
| Description | Second-Hand Dwelling house / Apartment | New or second-hand |
”Not Full Market Price” Flag
Catches sales between family members, forced sales, and below-market transfers. Filter these out when researching area values — a father selling to a daughter for €200,000 on a €500,000 house will destroy your averages.
New vs Second-Hand
New builds include 13.5% VAT in the sale price. Second-hand sales don’t. A new 3-bed at €450,000 has a pre-VAT price of ~€396,000. Be aware of this when comparing.
Limitations: What the PPR Doesn’t Tell You
The PPR records what was paid. Property decisions need far more context.
No property details. No bedrooms, floor area, condition, or garden size. A 2-bed terrace and 5-bed detached on the same street both say “Second-Hand Dwelling house.”
No BER rating. Energy ratings affect heating costs, green mortgage eligibility, and resale value. Cross-reference with the SEAI’s BER database separately.
No rental data. Investors get half the yield equation (purchase price) but nothing about achievable rent.
No asking prices. The PPR shows what was paid, not what was asked — so you can’t see the asking-to-sold gap that reveals market conditions.
No context. Probate sale? Derelict? Fully renovated? Two identical houses selling €100k apart — the register won’t explain why.
Data delay. Sales appear 2–6 weeks after completion. During busy periods, longer.
How to Use PPR Data When Buying
Research Comparable Sales
Before making an offer on any property, search the PPR for recent sales in the same area. Look for properties on the same street or in the same estate. Filter for the same property type (house vs apartment) and exclude non-market-price sales.
This gives you a fact-based range. If the last three houses on Cedar Avenue sold for €465,000, €480,000, and €495,000, and the estate agent is quoting €550,000, you have data to push back with.
Track Price Trends
Download PPR data for an area over several years and plot the median sale price by year. This shows whether prices are rising, flat, or falling in that specific location. National averages are meaningless when you’re buying on a particular street.
For Dublin, postal districts make useful boundaries. Dublin 5 (Raheny, Artane, Harmonstown, Killester) has different dynamics to Dublin 3 (Clontarf, Fairview) or Dublin 9 (Drumcondra, Griffith Avenue, Beaumont).
Identify Seasonal Patterns
More properties sell in spring and autumn. Fewer sell in December and January. Plotting PPR data by month can reveal when you’ll have the most — or least — competition as a buyer.
Calculate Area Averages
Group PPR sales by area and year to build a picture of average prices across neighbourhoods. This is crude without floor area data (you’re averaging 2-beds with 5-beds), but it still gives a useful ballpark for comparing areas:
| Dublin Area | Median Sale Price (2025) | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Dublin 4 (Ballsbridge, Donnybrook) | €710,000 | 320+ |
| Dublin 6 (Ranelagh, Rathmines) | €625,000 | 380+ |
| Dublin 5 (Raheny, Artane) | €465,000 | 410+ |
| Dublin 15 (Blanchardstown) | €385,000 | 520+ |
| Dublin 24 (Tallaght) | €340,000 | 440+ |
Source: PPR data, second-hand dwellings only, excludes non-market-price transactions.
Pair With Other Sources
The PPR gives you the price. To make sense of it, you need:
- BER data (SEAI) — energy rating affects running costs significantly
- Rental data (RTB) — essential for yield calculations
- Area statistics — schools, transport, demographics explain price differences
- Property details — bedrooms, floor area, condition
Gathering this manually means cross-referencing four or five government databases. Dublish does this automatically for Dublin — each of the 123,000+ property pages pulls together PPR history, BER ratings, RTB rental data, and neighbourhood stats on one page.
PPR vs Daft vs MyHome: Which Data Should You Trust?
Different property sites serve different purposes:
Property Price Register (propertypriceregister.ie)
What it shows: Actual sale prices. Strength: Factual. These are real completed transactions reported to Revenue. You can’t argue with stamp duty receipts. Weakness: No context. Just the price, address, and date. Best for: Checking what a specific property or area actually sold for.
Daft.ie
What it shows: Asking prices for properties currently listed. Strength: Current market snapshot with photos, floor plans, and BER ratings. Weakness: Asking prices ≠ sale prices. Properties routinely sell 5–15% above or below asking depending on market conditions. Best for: Browsing current listings and getting a feel for what’s on the market.
MyHome.ie
What it shows: Similar to Daft — asking prices plus a PPR overlay feature. Strength: Good listing detail. Their PPR interface is cleaner than the official site. Weakness: Same asking-price caveat as Daft. The PPR data is the same underlying dataset. Best for: A second source for listings alongside Daft.
Bottom line: For factual price data, the PPR is the source. Everything else either derives from it or shows asking prices. The most useful approach combines PPR data with property details, energy ratings, and area information.
Downloading and Analysing PPR Data
Getting the Data
The PSRA publishes the complete dataset as CSV files at propertypriceregister.ie.
Cleaning It
PPR data needs some work before analysis:
- Remove non-market sales. Filter out rows where “Not Full Market Price” is “Yes” — these distort averages.
- Separate new builds and second-hand. VAT is included in new build prices but not second-hand. Either analyse them separately or adjust for the 13.5% VAT.
- Standardise addresses. “Raheny”, “raheny”, “RAHENY” — capitalisation varies. Some entries have full addresses, others are vague. Clean and categorise by area.
- Handle outliers. A property that sold for €10 or €25,000,000 is probably not representative of your target area. Set reasonable bounds.
Useful Analyses
With clean data in a spreadsheet:
- Median price by area per year — median is better than average for property prices because a single mansion doesn’t skew the result
- Transaction volume by month — shows seasonal patterns and overall market activity
- Year-on-year price change — compare this year’s median to last year’s for your target area
- New build vs second-hand split — reveals how much new supply is entering an area
Tools
Google Sheets or Excel handles the PPR dataset comfortably. For more advanced analysis, Python with pandas makes quick work of grouping, filtering, and charting. The data is clean enough that you can have useful charts within an hour of downloading.
FAQ
Is the PPR free?
Yes. Completely free, no registration. Go to propertypriceregister.ie.
How far back does it go?
1 January 2010. No earlier sales are recorded.
Can I search by Eircode?
No. Search by county, area, or address text only.
How quickly do sales appear?
Usually 2–6 weeks after completion. Busy periods can push to 8+ weeks.
Does it include commercial properties?
No. Residential only. There’s a separate Commercial Leases Register.
Can I see my house’s current value?
Not directly. Search for recent sales of similar properties nearby to estimate a range.
Why are some addresses vague?
The PPR publishes addresses as reported on stamp duty returns. The PSRA doesn’t standardise or verify formats.
Does it include Help to Buy purchases?
Yes. The full sale price is reported regardless of deposit schemes.
Does the PPR show current property values?
No. It shows what properties sold for at a point in time. A property that sold in 2015 for €300,000 might be worth significantly more (or less) today. The PPR records history, not current valuations.
The PPR is one of the best things to come out of Ireland’s post-crash reforms — 16 years of real sale data, freely available. But a price without context is just a number. If you’re researching Dublin property, pairing PPR data with BER ratings, rental information, and area statistics turns isolated prices into something you can actually make decisions with. That’s the gap between data and intelligence — and it’s worth closing before you make the biggest purchase of your life.