Residential property prices in the MidWest have jumped by 22 percent in the space of a year – the highest rate of increase nationally.
Figures released by the CSO show that the average price of a property in this region is rising much faster than the national rate of increase, at 12 percent.
The MidWest is also experiencing a much more rapid rise than the capital, where a 9 percent jump in house prices was seen in the year to the end of June.
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While home hunters are still paying 19.5 percent less than they were at the peak in 2007, prices are now some 80 percent more than they were at the low of 2013.
