Galway Bay fm newsroom - House prices in Galway City are up almost 9 percent compared to this time last year.
That's according to the latest report from property website Daft.ie.
The average home in the city is now €317 thousand, an increase of 8.6 percent year-on-year.
It's the second largest increase among the main cities, just slightly behind Limerick.
Meanwhile, in the county, the average home now is €209 thousand, an increase of 6.3 percent compared to this time last year.
The latest figures reveal that city house prices are now 95 percent above their lowest point - while the figure for the county stands at 65 percent.
Report author, Ronan Lyons, says overall, cities outside Dublin are all up...
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