The average house price in Laois is now 75 percent higher than its lowest point.
These are the latest statistics by Daft.ie, who say that house prices jumped up 10 percent aroud the county from 2016.
Prices have gone up five percent this year from the same time period in 2018, which can be compared again to a rise of five percent seen a year ago.
The average house price in the county is now €181,000, 75 percent above its lowest point.
However inflation around the country has cooled down to its lowest levels since 2013.
Housing prices in the second quarter of 2019 were 3.7 percent higher than a year previously, the lowest rate of inflation since late 2013.
The average price nationwide in the second quarter of the year was €263,000, up 0.9 percent on the first three months of the year.
In Dublin, prices fell by 0.8 percent in the second quarter of 2019, and annual inflation is now at just 1.2 percent, its lowest level since early 2016.
Despite the slowdown in inflation, the average price nationwide is now 60 percent higher than its lowest point in 2013.
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