Galway City · report
New homes in Galway City
26.9% fewer homes were granted planning permission in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Permitted, 12 months
- 362
- Per 1,000 residents
- 4.3
Homes granted planning permission in Galway City
Homes granted planning permission over the previous 12 months, at each quarter.
- Galway City
- Ten-year average
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| Period | Galway City |
|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 362 |
| Mar 2026 | 442 |
| Dec 2025 | 465 |
| Sep 2025 | 344 |
| Jun 2025 | 298 |
| Mar 2025 | 375 |
| Dec 2024 | 504 |
| Sep 2024 | 564 |
| Jun 2024 | 604 |
| Mar 2024 | 685 |
| Dec 2023 | 526 |
| Sep 2023 | 502 |
| Jun 2023 | 462 |
| Mar 2023 | 133 |
| Dec 2022 | 219 |
| Sep 2022 | 376 |
| Jun 2022 | 717 |
| Mar 2022 | 718 |
| Dec 2021 | 631 |
| Sep 2021 | 394 |
| Jun 2021 | 127 |
| Mar 2021 | 221 |
| Dec 2020 | 279 |
| Sep 2020 | 913 |
| Jun 2020 | 1,146 |
| Mar 2020 | 1,101 |
| Dec 2019 | 1,122 |
| Sep 2019 | 493 |
| Jun 2019 | 182 |
| Mar 2019 | 256 |
| Dec 2018 | 193 |
Homes finished and licensed each year in Galway City
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 | 414 | 465 |
| 2024 | 273 | 504 |
| 2023 | 357 | 526 |
| 2022 | 412 | 219 |
| 2021 | 302 | 631 |
| 2020 | 199 | 279 |
| 2019 | 256 | 1,122 |
| 2018 | 134 | 193 |
| 2017 | 146 | — |
| 2016 | 113 | — |
| 2015 | 51 | — |
| 2014 | 47 | — |
| 2013 | 50 | — |
| 2012 | 22 | — |
| 2011 | 52 | — |
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 €447,967. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,799 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
- 21%
- Payment, one income
- 43%
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
- €1,850
- Owning per month
- €1,723
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 7 times since 2010. The deepest began in Q1 2010.
- Deepest fall
- −37.5%
- Recovery from the low
- 72 months
9.7% of the 35,436 homes counted in the 2022 census were unoccupied: vacant, or holiday homes.
- Empty, 2022 census
- 9.7%
- Empty homes
- 3,452