Property prices fell again last month, after two months of growth, according to the Central Statistics Office.
National prices dropped by zero-point-six per cent in October, after increasing 0.9% in September, and 0.5% in August.
Dublin prices dropped 0.2% in the month, while the rest of the country saw a sharper drop of 0.9%.
The Central Statistics Office report said that in the twelve-month period to the end of October, prices went down by 8.1%.