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New homes in Dublin
29.4% fewer homes were granted planning permission in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Permitted, 12 months
- 10,030
- Per 1,000 residents
- 6.3
Homes granted planning permission in Dublin
Homes granted planning permission over the previous 12 months, at each quarter.
- Dublin
- Ten-year average
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| Period | Dublin |
|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 10,030 |
| Mar 2026 | 8,605 |
| Dec 2025 | 9,352 |
| Sep 2025 | 8,387 |
| Jun 2025 | 7,372 |
| Mar 2025 | 8,372 |
| Dec 2024 | 8,386 |
| Sep 2024 | 10,682 |
| Jun 2024 | 12,503 |
| Mar 2024 | 13,462 |
| Dec 2023 | 18,609 |
| Sep 2023 | 18,322 |
| Jun 2023 | 15,976 |
| Mar 2023 | 17,422 |
| Dec 2022 | 12,156 |
| Sep 2022 | 15,522 |
| Jun 2022 | 19,800 |
| Mar 2022 | 18,925 |
| Dec 2021 | 20,101 |
| Sep 2021 | 17,280 |
| Jun 2021 | 15,948 |
| Mar 2021 | 15,324 |
| Dec 2020 | 19,740 |
| Sep 2020 | 21,585 |
| Jun 2020 | 21,113 |
| Mar 2020 | 20,748 |
| Dec 2019 | 15,078 |
| Sep 2019 | 11,220 |
| Jun 2019 | 10,512 |
| Mar 2019 | 8,443 |
| Dec 2018 | 9,157 |
Homes finished and licensed each year in Dublin
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 | 13,681 | 9,352 |
| 2024 | 10,879 | 8,386 |
| 2023 | 12,583 | 18,609 |
| 2022 | 10,355 | 12,156 |
| 2021 | 6,243 | 20,101 |
| 2020 | 6,030 | 19,740 |
| 2019 | 6,891 | 15,078 |
| 2018 | 6,836 | 9,157 |
| 2017 | 5,537 | — |
| 2016 | 3,551 | — |
| 2015 | 2,117 | — |
| 2014 | 1,708 | — |
| 2013 | 829 | — |
| 2012 | 584 | — |
| 2011 | 964 | — |
- Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
- 8.7
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 €514,680 and €698,158 by August 2027.
- Expected, August 2027
- €606,419
- Chance of a rise
- 55%
Figures for Ireland: Dublin has no reliable figures of its own.
At the average sale price, a home costs €597,548. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €2,400 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
- 28%
- Payment, one income
- 56%
Renting the average home costs less each month than owning 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
- €2,159
- Owning per month
- €2,298
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more once since 2005. That fall began in February 2007.
- Deepest fall
- −59.6%
- Recovery from the low
- 149 months
5.9% of the 565,321 homes counted in the 2022 census were unoccupied: vacant, or holiday homes.
- Empty, 2022 census
- 5.9%
- Empty homes
- 33,414
In 2025, 88% of the planning permissions granted for homes were for extensions, alterations or conversions of existing ones.
- Work on existing homes, 2025
- 88%
Public bodies signed €162.9M of housing works here in 2025, and €1.4B since 2017.
- Signed in 2025
- €162.9M
- Per resident, 2025
- €104