Laois · report
New homes in Laois
52.7% more homes were granted planning permission in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Permitted, 12 months
- 1,032
- Per 1,000 residents
- 11.2
Homes granted planning permission in Laois
Homes granted planning permission over the previous 12 months, at each quarter.
- Laois
- Ten-year average
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| Period | Laois |
|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 1,032 |
| Mar 2026 | 1,078 |
| Dec 2025 | 887 |
| Sep 2025 | 771 |
| Jun 2025 | 343 |
| Mar 2025 | 307 |
| Dec 2024 | 871 |
| Sep 2024 | 928 |
| Jun 2024 | 993 |
| Mar 2024 | 995 |
| Dec 2023 | 417 |
| Sep 2023 | 417 |
| Jun 2023 | 364 |
| Mar 2023 | 329 |
| Dec 2022 | 464 |
| Sep 2022 | 611 |
| Jun 2022 | 630 |
| Mar 2022 | 671 |
| Dec 2021 | 565 |
| Sep 2021 | 620 |
| Jun 2021 | 655 |
| Mar 2021 | 715 |
| Dec 2020 | 722 |
| Sep 2020 | 575 |
| Jun 2020 | 669 |
| Mar 2020 | 635 |
| Dec 2019 | 721 |
| Sep 2019 | 828 |
| Jun 2019 | 738 |
| Mar 2019 | 745 |
| Dec 2018 | 651 |
Homes finished and licensed each year in Laois
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 | 843 | 887 |
| 2024 | 653 | 871 |
| 2023 | 743 | 417 |
| 2022 | 512 | 464 |
| 2021 | 391 | 565 |
| 2020 | 339 | 722 |
| 2019 | 240 | 721 |
| 2018 | 229 | 651 |
| 2017 | 117 | — |
| 2016 | 100 | — |
| 2015 | 84 | — |
| 2014 | 79 | — |
| 2013 | 85 | — |
| 2012 | 124 | — |
| 2011 | 125 | — |
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 €352,391. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,415 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
- 33%
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
- €1,235
- Owning per month
- €1,355
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 5 times since 2010. The deepest began in Q2 2010.
- Deepest fall
- −53.2%
- Recovery from the low
- 87 months
8.0% of the 34,443 homes counted in the 2022 census were unoccupied: vacant, or holiday homes.
- Empty, 2022 census
- 8.0%
- Empty homes
- 2,772