The average cost of rebuilding a home rose by 6 percent nationally over the past 12 months.
The latest guide from the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland shows the increase was most notable in Limerick, Cork and Galway at 8 percent, while Dublin saw a more moderate increase of 5 percent.
Donegal however bucks this trend with the cheapest place to rebuild a house being the north-west region.
Vice President of the SCSI, Micheál Mahon, says there’s a number of reasons behind the inflation:
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