A house-price index is context, not the full story of your home
Editorially approved · Sources checked 1 November 2026

References

Central Statistics Office (CSO) (2026) Residential Property Price Index: methodology. Available at: https://www.cso.ie/en/methods/prices/residentialpropertypriceindex/ (Accessed: 1 November 2026).

Central Statistics Office (CSO) (2024) Residential Property Price Index March 2024: background notes. Available at: https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-rppi/residentialpropertypriceindexmarch2024/backgroundnotes/ (Accessed: 1 November 2026).

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) (2023) Comparable evidence in real estate valuation. 1st edn, originally published 2019; reissued 2023. Available at: https://www.rics.org/profession-standards/rics-standards-and-guidance/sector-standards/valuation-standards/comparable-evidence-in-real-estate-valuation (Accessed: 1 November 2026).

Further reading (not necessarily consulted in full)

Pirounakis, N.G. (2026) Real Estate Economics: A Point-to-Point Handbook. 2nd edn. Routledge.
https://www.routledge.com/Real-Estate-Economics-A-Point-to-Point-Handbook/Pirounakis/p/book/9781032640990

Baum, A.E., Crosby, N. and Devaney, S. (2021) Property Investment Appraisal. 4th edn. Wiley-Blackwell.
https://www.wiley.com/en-fr/property-investment-appraisal-4th-edition-p-9781118399552

Blackledge, M. (2017) Introducing Property Valuation. 2nd edn. Routledge.
https://www.routledge.com/Introducing-Property-Valuation/Blackledge/p/book/9781315680804