Border · report
New homes in Border
72.3% more homes were granted planning permission in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Permitted, 12 months
- 3,103
- Per 1,000 residents
- 6.9
Homes granted planning permission in Border
Homes granted planning permission over the previous 12 months, at each quarter.
- Border
- Ten-year average
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| Period | Border |
|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 3,103 |
| Mar 2026 | 3,279 |
| Dec 2025 | 2,681 |
| Sep 2025 | 2,456 |
| Jun 2025 | 2,200 |
| Mar 2025 | 1,810 |
| Dec 2024 | 1,745 |
| Sep 2024 | 1,966 |
| Jun 2024 | 1,966 |
| Mar 2024 | 1,899 |
| Dec 2023 | 1,797 |
| Sep 2023 | 1,547 |
| Jun 2023 | 1,485 |
| Mar 2023 | 1,480 |
| Dec 2022 | 1,719 |
| Sep 2022 | 1,859 |
| Jun 2022 | 1,819 |
| Mar 2022 | 1,889 |
| Dec 2021 | 1,639 |
| Sep 2021 | 1,511 |
| Jun 2021 | 1,571 |
| Mar 2021 | 1,399 |
| Dec 2020 | 1,477 |
| Sep 2020 | 1,466 |
| Jun 2020 | 1,423 |
| Mar 2020 | 1,489 |
| Dec 2019 | 1,586 |
| Sep 2019 | 1,598 |
| Jun 2019 | 1,424 |
| Mar 2019 | 1,375 |
| Dec 2018 | 1,160 |
Homes finished and licensed each year in Border
Homes completed (columns) against homes granted planning permission (line), each year since 2011. CSO.
- Homes finished
- Homes licensed
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| Year | Homes finished | Homes licensed |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,860 | 2,681 |
| 2024 | 1,444 | 1,745 |
| 2023 | 1,489 | 1,797 |
| 2022 | 1,513 | 1,719 |
| 2021 | 1,101 | 1,639 |
| 2020 | 1,195 | 1,477 |
| 2019 | 999 | 1,586 |
| 2018 | 944 | 1,160 |
| 2017 | 847 | — |
| 2016 | 662 | — |
| 2015 | 584 | — |
| 2014 | 526 | — |
| 2013 | 535 | — |
| 2012 | 772 | — |
| 2011 | 973 | — |
- Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
- 4.2
Planning permission is permission to build, not a finished home: most homes are completed one to three years later, and some never are. The CSO counts the houses and apartments in the permissions granted each quarter: Ireland's since 1975, its regions' and councils' since 2018.
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Sale prices have an 80% chance of landing between €230,905 and €321,253 by August 2027.
- Expected, August 2027
- €276,079
- Chance of a rise
- 67%
Figures for Ireland: Border has no reliable figures of its own.
At the average sale price, a home costs €260,565. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,047 a month. Ireland sets no cap on the payment; the Central Bank limits most mortgages to four times gross income for first-time buyers and 3.5 times for others.
- Payment, two incomes
- 12%
- Payment, one income
- 24%
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more once since 2010. That fall began in January 2010.
- Deepest fall
- −49.8%
- Recovery from the low
- 91 months
20.5% of the 198,949 homes counted in the 2022 census were unoccupied: vacant, or holiday homes.
- Empty, 2022 census
- 20.5%
- Empty homes
- 40,717
In 2025, 50% of the planning permissions granted for homes were for extensions, alterations or conversions of existing ones.
- Work on existing homes, 2025
- 50%
Public bodies signed €21.4M of housing works here in 2025, and €52.2M since 2017.
- Signed in 2025
- €21.4M
- Per resident, 2025
- €48