The price of a home in Ireland rose by nearly 3% last month.

The latest property figures from the CSO show an increase of 2.9% in the price of the average home in October.

Properties are now worth an average of 16.3% more than they were a year ago.

Apartments in Dublin have seen the biggest growth, rising by more than a quarter.

The growth is slower outside of Dublin, where prices are up by just over 8% in the last year.

However, the CSO points out "residential property prices in Dublin are 37.8% lower than at their highest level in February 2007", increasing to 42.5% for the rest of the country.

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