Short answer: The Property Price Register (PPR), run by the Property Services Regulatory Authority, lists every residential sale in Ireland since 1 January 2010 with the address, date and price filed for stamp duty. It is free at propertypriceregister.ie. Two catches: new builds show the price before 13.5% VAT, and the address is typed by the solicitor, so the same estate appears under several spellings. Use it for comparables within a kilometre over the last twelve months, and for the house’s own sale history.
Every residential sale in Ireland since 2010 is on the Property Price Register within about a month of the deed being stamped. Address, date, price, and two flags. It is the best pricing tool a buyer has and most people use it wrong.
What the price is
The price on the register is the stamp duty price. For a new build that is the price excluding VAT, so add 13.5% to get what the buyer paid. For a second-hand house it is the full price. The register does not say what was included: a €400,000 sale with €20,000 of furniture in the contract shows as €400,000.
The flags
Not full market price means a transfer between relatives, a part-sale or a compulsory purchase: ignore those for comparables. VAT exclusive marks new builds. Watch for the same house appearing twice in a short time; that is a flip and the second price is the market.
Addresses
Addresses are typed by solicitors, so the same estate appears five ways. Eircodes have been on the register since 2023 but many older entries have none. Search by estate name and by street, not by number. homeprices.ie has the full register geocoded by Eircode and town, which fixes most of this.
Turning it into a bid
Take the last twelve months of sales within a kilometre of the same house type. Adjust for BER and size. Then look at the asking price: in a rising market houses go over asking, in a flat one they go under. The register tells you which market you are in. The report gives the house’s own sale history, the median for the kilometre around it and the current rents, so you know what the seller paid and what the street is doing.
What the register cannot tell you
Condition, size and BER are not on it. A €300,000 sale beside a €420,000 one may be a wreck beside a renovated house of the same type, or a two-bed beside a four-bed. Pair the register with the listing archive (the old Daft or MyHome page is usually still findable) and with the BER register, which gives floor area and rating for most homes certified since 2015. The register also lags: a sale closes, the deed is stamped, and the entry appears within weeks, so the hottest months of a rising market are under-reported until they are over.
Questions people ask
- Is the Property Price Register price the real price?
- For a second-hand house, yes: the price in the deed. For a new build it is the price before VAT at 13.5%, so a register entry of €352,423 is a €400,000 sale. Fixtures and fittings sold under a separate contract are not included either.
- Can I search the register by Eircode?
- Entries since 2023 usually carry the Eircode and the official search accepts one; older entries have none. homeprices.ie has the whole register placed on the map, which is the easier route for an estate with inconsistent addresses.
- How do I see what the seller paid?
- Search the address on the register for every year since 2010. If they bought before 2010 there is no public record of the price. The report on this site lists the house’s own sales for the Eircode next to the median for the kilometre around it.