Kerry · report
New homes in Kerry
58.4% more homes were granted planning permission in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Permitted, 12 months
- 986
- Per 1,000 residents
- 6.3
Homes granted planning permission in Kerry
Homes granted planning permission over the previous 12 months, at each quarter.
- Kerry
- Ten-year average
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| Period | Kerry |
|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 986 |
| Mar 2026 | 970 |
| Dec 2025 | 552 |
| Sep 2025 | 685 |
| Jun 2025 | 816 |
| Mar 2025 | 861 |
| Dec 2024 | 1,131 |
| Sep 2024 | 1,078 |
| Jun 2024 | 899 |
| Mar 2024 | 917 |
| Dec 2023 | 587 |
| Sep 2023 | 380 |
| Jun 2023 | 477 |
| Mar 2023 | 568 |
| Dec 2022 | 608 |
| Sep 2022 | 643 |
| Jun 2022 | 780 |
| Mar 2022 | 658 |
| Dec 2021 | 623 |
| Sep 2021 | 639 |
| Jun 2021 | 429 |
| Mar 2021 | 369 |
| Dec 2020 | 359 |
| Sep 2020 | 287 |
| Jun 2020 | 304 |
| Mar 2020 | 372 |
| Dec 2019 | 475 |
| Sep 2019 | 484 |
| Jun 2019 | 440 |
| Mar 2019 | 518 |
| Dec 2018 | 396 |
Homes finished and licensed each year in Kerry
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 | 722 | 552 |
| 2024 | 477 | 1,131 |
| 2023 | 611 | 587 |
| 2022 | 611 | 608 |
| 2021 | 441 | 623 |
| 2020 | 568 | 359 |
| 2019 | 443 | 475 |
| 2018 | 386 | 396 |
| 2017 | 303 | — |
| 2016 | 249 | — |
| 2015 | 192 | — |
| 2014 | 178 | — |
| 2013 | 194 | — |
| 2012 | 218 | — |
| 2011 | 285 | — |
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 €326,059. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,310 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
- 18%
- Payment, one income
- 36%
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
- €1,182
- Owning per month
- €1,254
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 3 times since 2010. The deepest began in Q2 2010.
- Deepest fall
- −43.9%
- Recovery from the low
- 78 months
22.5% of the 77,305 homes counted in the 2022 census were unoccupied: vacant, or holiday homes.
- Empty, 2022 census
- 22.5%
- Empty homes
- 17,383