Donegal · report
New homes in Donegal
63.8% more homes were granted planning permission in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Permitted, 12 months
- 1,354
- Per 1,000 residents
- 8.1
Homes granted planning permission in Donegal
Homes granted planning permission over the previous 12 months, at each quarter.
- Donegal
- Ten-year average
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| Period | Donegal |
|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 1,354 |
| Mar 2026 | 1,436 |
| Dec 2025 | 1,052 |
| Sep 2025 | 997 |
| Jun 2025 | 978 |
| Mar 2025 | 892 |
| Dec 2024 | 998 |
| Sep 2024 | 938 |
| Jun 2024 | 940 |
| Mar 2024 | 877 |
| Dec 2023 | 763 |
| Sep 2023 | 740 |
| Jun 2023 | 742 |
| Mar 2023 | 718 |
| Dec 2022 | 804 |
| Sep 2022 | 818 |
| Jun 2022 | 786 |
| Mar 2022 | 848 |
| Dec 2021 | 752 |
| Sep 2021 | 785 |
| Jun 2021 | 932 |
| Mar 2021 | 865 |
| Dec 2020 | 862 |
| Sep 2020 | 821 |
| Jun 2020 | 724 |
| Mar 2020 | 672 |
| Dec 2019 | 641 |
| Sep 2019 | 616 |
| Jun 2019 | 454 |
| Mar 2019 | 432 |
| Dec 2018 | 386 |
Homes finished and licensed each year in Donegal
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 | 680 | 1,052 |
| 2024 | 629 | 998 |
| 2023 | 634 | 763 |
| 2022 | 648 | 804 |
| 2021 | 477 | 752 |
| 2020 | 574 | 862 |
| 2019 | 430 | 641 |
| 2018 | 431 | 386 |
| 2017 | 362 | — |
| 2016 | 284 | — |
| 2015 | 245 | — |
| 2014 | 256 | — |
| 2013 | 250 | — |
| 2012 | 358 | — |
| 2011 | 460 | — |
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 €235,737. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €947 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
- 15%
- Payment, one income
- 29%
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
- €977
- Owning per month
- €907
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 4 times since 2010. The deepest began in Q1 2010.
- Deepest fall
- −49.7%
- Recovery from the low
- 96 months
25.7% of the 85,990 homes counted in the 2022 census were unoccupied: vacant, or holiday homes.
- Empty, 2022 census
- 25.7%
- Empty homes
- 22,100