Housing Pulse

The Housing Pulse stood at 93.3 in February 2021, up 6.8 on January’s reading and 8.6 higher than a year ago. The improvement in sentiment this month was broad based across the regions – households in Dublin, the Rest of Leinster, Munster and Connacht/Ulster all upped their expectations for future house price increases – taking the series to its highest level since the summer of 2019. Rent expectations were also firmer in February, but unlike house price expectations, the balance of positive and negative responses (+29%) remains below where it was before the pandemic struck (+34%).