And across Northern Ireland’s 11 district council areas, only Fermanagh and Omagh has experienced a recent fall in house prices, with a drop of 1.6% between the final months of 2024 and early 2025.
Five council areas reported annual house price growth of 10% or over, with the strongest growth in Causeway Coast and Glens at 15.4%.
The house price index from the NI Statistics & Research Agency said there had been growth of 9.5% in the average price across NI to £185,037 over the year to March 2025.
Between the final quarter of 2024 and the first few months of 2025, there had been an increase of 1%.
Prices vary significantly between Northern Ireland’s 11 council areas, with the cheapest average of £165,289 in Mid and East Antrim about a third below the average in Lisburn and Castlereagh of £221,029.
However, Northern Ireland’s year on year house price growth far outpaced the UK as a whole, though our prices are lower than in England and Wales.
Northern Ireland had the highest average house price index in the UK, though our prices are lower than in England and Wales. Photo: Getty/stock image
The average UK price increased by 6.4% annually to £271,000, accelerating from 5.5% annual growth in February,
Average house prices increased to £296,000 (6.7% annual growth) in England, £208,000 (3.6%) in Wales, and £186,000 (4.6%) in Scotland.
A provisional figure said there had been 5,467 residential properties sold in Northern Ireland from January to March.
In Antrim and Newtownabbey, the average price is now £190,337, up 9.7% over the year and an increase of 1.6% over the quarter.
In Ards and North Down, there was a quarterly change of 0.7% and an annual change of 5.7%, giving a standardised price of £209,254.
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon saw an average price of £171,009, marking a quarterly change of 1.7% and an annual change of 7.4%.
In Belfast, the average price is £170,440, up 0.5% over the quarter and 10% over the year.
Causeway Coast and Glens’15.4% annual jump brought it to an average of £201,884, while there was a quarterly increase of 1.6%.
Derry City and Strabane reported annual increase of 12.1% to a standardised price of £168,394, with a quarterly increase of just 0.5%.
Fermanagh and Omagh experienced a quarter-on-quarter fall of 1.5%, with an annual change of 8.4% bringing its average to £175,759.
Lisburn and Castlereagh, the most expensive district council area, had a quarterly increase of 1.3% and an annual increase of 9.9% to an average of £221,029.
Mid and East Antrim had a quarterly increase of 2.5% and an annual change of 10.3%, leaving it with an average of £165,289.
Mid Ulster reported an annual increase of 5.2%, leaving it with an average price of £173,070, but its quarterly increase was just 0.2%.
And Newry, Mourne and Down reported annual change of 10.9%, leading to an average of £198,327, which was up 1.2% on the quarter before.