Northern Ireland property prices and rental yields

Region of United Kingdom

Home prices in Northern Ireland rose 5.7% a year on average from 2016 to 2025, the fastest of 12 regions in United Kingdom. Renting out on 12-month lets earned a gross yield of 5.3% of the price a year. A square metre cost €2,066 in 2025 (29% below the United Kingdom level of €2,912).

Updated 2026-10-28 · Data 2015–2026 so far

Price growth
+5.7%
a year, 2016–2025
Rental yield
5.3%
12-month lets, gross, 2016–2025 average
Price per m²
€2,066
2025
Price growth in 2026 so far
+7.5%
on the same months of 2025

Areas of Northern Ireland

2016–2025, sorted by price growth
Causeway Coast and Glens +6.6% 5.3%* €2,227
Derry City and Strabane +6.5% 5.3%* €1,890
Newry, Mourne and Down +6.1% 5.3%* €2,226
Fermanagh and Omagh +6.1% 5.3%* €2,017
Antrim and Newtownabbey +5.6% 5.3%* €2,108
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon +5.6% 5.3%* €1,898
Mid and East Antrim +5.4% 5.3%* €1,831
Lisburn and Castlereagh +5.4% 5.3%* €2,446
Belfast +5.3% 5.3%* €1,903
Mid Ulster +5.2% 5.3%* €1,964
Ards and North Down +5.2% 5.3%* €2,357

Price growth: 2016–2025, compound average per year, in the country's own currency, before inflation. Rental yields: 12-month lets, gross. Price per m²: latest year, from the best published source for each area. * Figure of the larger area: no local data. – no data.

Price growth by year

% change on the year before

201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026

How Northern Ireland compares

Northern Ireland
Price growth+5.7%
Rental yield5.3%
Price per m²€2,066
United Kingdom
Price growth+3.9%
Rental yield5.6%
Price per m²€2,912

Questions

What is the average property price per m² in Northern Ireland?

€2,066 per m² in 2025, from HM Land Registry and ONS. It ranges from €1,831 in Mid and East Antrim to €2,446 in Lisburn and Castlereagh.

How much have property prices risen in Northern Ireland?

+5.7% a year on average from 2016 to 2025, and +7.5% in 2026 so far.

What rental yield can you get in Northern Ireland?

5.3% of the price a year on average for 12-month lets in 2016–2025, and 5.5% in 2025. These are gross figures, before costs, fees, empty months and tax.

Which area of Northern Ireland had the highest price growth?

Causeway Coast and Glens, at +6.6% a year from 2016 to 2025, ahead of Derry City and Strabane at +6.5%.

Sources

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