Carlow · report
New homes in Carlow
95.5% more homes were granted planning permission in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Permitted, 12 months
- 440
- Per 1,000 residents
- 7.1
Homes granted planning permission in Carlow
Homes granted planning permission over the previous 12 months, at each quarter.
- Carlow
- Ten-year average
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| Period | Carlow |
|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 440 |
| Mar 2026 | 376 |
| Dec 2025 | 239 |
| Sep 2025 | 194 |
| Jun 2025 | 151 |
| Mar 2025 | 164 |
| Dec 2024 | 159 |
| Sep 2024 | 150 |
| Jun 2024 | 251 |
| Mar 2024 | 238 |
| Dec 2023 | 194 |
| Sep 2023 | 210 |
| Jun 2023 | 165 |
| Mar 2023 | 222 |
| Dec 2022 | 237 |
| Sep 2022 | 229 |
| Jun 2022 | 200 |
| Mar 2022 | 259 |
| Dec 2021 | 256 |
| Sep 2021 | 263 |
| Jun 2021 | 263 |
| Mar 2021 | 193 |
| Dec 2020 | 221 |
| Sep 2020 | 216 |
| Jun 2020 | 292 |
| Mar 2020 | 279 |
| Dec 2019 | 247 |
| Sep 2019 | 262 |
| Jun 2019 | 169 |
| Mar 2019 | 128 |
| Dec 2018 | 110 |
Homes finished and licensed each year in Carlow
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 | 222 | 239 |
| 2024 | 270 | 159 |
| 2023 | 239 | 194 |
| 2022 | 231 | 237 |
| 2021 | 252 | 256 |
| 2020 | 200 | 221 |
| 2019 | 194 | 247 |
| 2018 | 228 | 110 |
| 2017 | 98 | — |
| 2016 | 82 | — |
| 2015 | 99 | — |
| 2014 | 73 | — |
| 2013 | 42 | — |
| 2012 | 55 | — |
| 2011 | 103 | — |
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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At the average sale price, a home costs €304,003. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,221 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
- 16%
- Payment, one income
- 31%
Owning the average home costs less each month than renting it. Owning counts interest, running costs and the return the deposit could earn, at the average sale price; rent is the average rent of the tenancies registered with the RTB in the year. Repaying the loan is saving, so it is left out.
- Rent per month
- €1,316
- Owning per month
- €1,169
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 5 times since 2010. The deepest began in Q2 2010.
- Deepest fall
- −48.4%
- Recovery from the low
- 81 months
8.2% of the 24,557 homes counted in the 2022 census were unoccupied: vacant, or holiday homes.
- Empty, 2022 census
- 8.2%
- Empty homes
- 2,008