Leitrim · report
New homes in Leitrim
143.2% more homes were granted planning permission in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Permitted, 12 months
- 189
- Per 1,000 residents
- 5.4
Homes granted planning permission in Leitrim
Homes granted planning permission over the previous 12 months, at each quarter.
- Leitrim
- Ten-year average
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| Period | Leitrim |
|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 189 |
| Mar 2026 | 165 |
| Dec 2025 | 132 |
| Sep 2025 | 86 |
| Jun 2025 | 69 |
| Mar 2025 | 65 |
| Dec 2024 | 67 |
| Sep 2024 | 65 |
| Jun 2024 | 51 |
| Mar 2024 | 44 |
| Dec 2023 | 54 |
| Sep 2023 | 69 |
| Jun 2023 | 70 |
| Mar 2023 | 118 |
| Dec 2022 | 112 |
| Sep 2022 | 100 |
| Jun 2022 | 103 |
| Mar 2022 | 98 |
| Dec 2021 | 92 |
| Sep 2021 | 95 |
| Jun 2021 | 105 |
| Mar 2021 | 60 |
| Dec 2020 | 67 |
| Sep 2020 | 60 |
| Jun 2020 | 47 |
| Mar 2020 | 62 |
| Dec 2019 | 48 |
| Sep 2019 | 42 |
| Jun 2019 | 36 |
| Mar 2019 | 21 |
| Dec 2018 | 17 |
Homes finished and licensed each year in Leitrim
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 | 124 | 132 |
| 2024 | 118 | 67 |
| 2023 | 100 | 54 |
| 2022 | 68 | 112 |
| 2021 | 84 | 92 |
| 2020 | 39 | 67 |
| 2019 | 39 | 48 |
| 2018 | 60 | 17 |
| 2017 | 75 | — |
| 2016 | 58 | — |
| 2015 | 55 | — |
| 2014 | 36 | — |
| 2013 | 41 | — |
| 2012 | 44 | — |
| 2011 | 85 | — |
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 €242,633. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €974 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
- 14%
- 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
- €992
- Owning per month
- €933
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 4 times since 2010. The deepest began in Q1 2010.
- Deepest fall
- −60.5%
- Recovery from the low
- 99 months
24.4% of the 18,482 homes counted in the 2022 census were unoccupied: vacant, or holiday homes.
- Empty, 2022 census
- 24.4%
- Empty homes
- 4,511