Limerick · report
New homes in Limerick
40.9% more homes were granted planning permission in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Permitted, 12 months
- 1,632
- Per 1,000 residents
- 7.8
Homes granted planning permission in Limerick
Homes granted planning permission over the previous 12 months, at each quarter.
- Limerick
- Ten-year average
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| Period | Limerick |
|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 1,632 |
| Mar 2026 | 1,469 |
| Dec 2025 | 928 |
| Sep 2025 | 959 |
| Jun 2025 | 1,192 |
| Mar 2025 | 1,391 |
| Dec 2024 | 1,504 |
| Sep 2024 | 1,496 |
| Jun 2024 | 1,479 |
| Mar 2024 | 1,244 |
| Dec 2023 | 1,042 |
| Sep 2023 | 875 |
| Jun 2023 | 571 |
| Mar 2023 | 1,362 |
| Dec 2022 | 1,808 |
| Sep 2022 | 1,853 |
| Jun 2022 | 1,971 |
| Mar 2022 | 1,459 |
| Dec 2021 | 1,059 |
| Sep 2021 | 1,413 |
| Jun 2021 | 1,206 |
| Mar 2021 | 803 |
| Dec 2020 | 781 |
| Sep 2020 | 404 |
| Jun 2020 | 529 |
| Mar 2020 | 708 |
| Dec 2019 | 836 |
| Sep 2019 | 1,085 |
| Jun 2019 | 989 |
| Mar 2019 | 962 |
| Dec 2018 | 888 |
Homes finished and licensed each year in Limerick
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 | 866 | 928 |
| 2024 | 1,001 | 1,504 |
| 2023 | 788 | 1,042 |
| 2022 | 761 | 1,808 |
| 2021 | 597 | 1,059 |
| 2020 | 508 | 781 |
| 2019 | 552 | 836 |
| 2018 | 503 | 888 |
| 2017 | 468 | — |
| 2016 | 264 | — |
| 2015 | 212 | — |
| 2014 | 132 | — |
| 2013 | 214 | — |
| 2012 | 237 | — |
| 2011 | 253 | — |
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 €343,234. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,379 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
- 17%
- Payment, one income
- 34%
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
- €1,619
- Owning per month
- €1,320
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 6 times since 2010. The deepest began in Q2 2010.
- Deepest fall
- −42.5%
- Recovery from the low
- 54 months
8.5% of the 85,363 homes counted in the 2022 census were unoccupied: vacant, or holiday homes.
- Empty, 2022 census
- 8.5%
- Empty homes
- 7,292