House prices in Waterford for the first three months of 2019 were 10% higher than a year previously, compared to a rise of 7% seen a year ago.

The latest report from property website daft.ie shows that the average house price is now €182,000, 74% above its lowest point.

In the rest of Waterford, prices in the first three months of 2019 were 8% higher than a year previously, compared to a rise of 9% seen a year ago.

The average house price is now €227,000, 58% above its lowest point.

Housing prices nationally rose by 2.9% , the 22nd consecutive quarter that the national average price was found to have risen.

Commenting on the figures, Ronan Lyons, economist at Trinity College Dublin and author of the daft.ie report, said, “On the face of it, the signals from the market in early 2019 appear to be largely unchanged from recent years, with prices rising in all 54 markets in the first three months of the year.”