Two separate reports on property prices indicate that prices are set to record increases in excess of 5% for 2016.
The reports from myhome.ie and daft.ie are based on asking prices as opposed to transaction prices, which the Central Statistics Office index is based on.
After the property crash, the asking prices for homes varied widely from the actual price achieved but they are now more closely aligned with a differential of around 2%, according to the report from daft.ie.
The two reports differ in what they saw in the third quarter of the year with the report from daft.ie capturing a more significant increase, particularly in Dublin, where it recorded an annualised rate of property price inflation of over 5%.
That report suggests that prices nationally increased by 7.6% in the year to the end of September.
The myhome.ie report captured a significant cooling in prices in the third quarter with a quarterly rise of just 0.4% nationally after a rise of more than 5% in the summer months.
Myhome.ie examines prices on the most recently added properties to its site and found that average asking prices in the capital were €327,000, and €232,000 nationally.
Both report authors, Davy's Conall MacCoille for myhome.ie and Trinity College economist Ronan Lyons for daft.ie, agree that supply issues are having various effects on the market.
Mr MacCoille suggests that a lack of supply is impacting on transactions, with levels falling 5% over the first eight months.
Mr Lyons said the Government had to examine ways of lowering the cost of construction and land to encourage developers to build more housing units.
Cllrs vote for call to make RTÉ land available for housing
This evening, Dublin city councillors called on the Government to make land at RTÉ available for housing.
A motion by Cllr Chris Andrews of Sinn Féin had proposed the land be used for modular housing.
Councillors accepted an amendment from Cllr John Lyons of the People Before Profit to drop the word "modular".
Assistant chief executive Brendan Kenny said he understood that RTÉ was considering development on part of their land and that the council would get at least 10%.
Councillors voted 44 for, with two against and one abstention to call on the Minister for Communications and the RTÉ Authority to make land available as a way of making a tangible commitment to resolving the housing crisis.
