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New homes in Longford
43.3% fewer homes were granted planning permission in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Permitted, 12 months
- 89
- Per 1,000 residents
- 1.9
Homes granted planning permission in Longford
Homes granted planning permission over the previous 12 months, at each quarter.
- Longford
- Ten-year average
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| Period | Longford |
|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 89 |
| Mar 2026 | 82 |
| Dec 2025 | 185 |
| Sep 2025 | 171 |
| Jun 2025 | 189 |
| Mar 2025 | 208 |
| Dec 2024 | 94 |
| Sep 2024 | 112 |
| Jun 2024 | 189 |
| Mar 2024 | 178 |
| Dec 2023 | 271 |
| Sep 2023 | 260 |
| Jun 2023 | 177 |
| Mar 2023 | 177 |
| Dec 2022 | 83 |
| Sep 2022 | 99 |
| Jun 2022 | 92 |
| Mar 2022 | 108 |
| Dec 2021 | 111 |
| Sep 2021 | 182 |
| Jun 2021 | 212 |
| Mar 2021 | 193 |
| Dec 2020 | 218 |
| Sep 2020 | 228 |
| Jun 2020 | 189 |
| Mar 2020 | 201 |
| Dec 2019 | 190 |
| Sep 2019 | 91 |
| Jun 2019 | 99 |
| Mar 2019 | 93 |
| Dec 2018 | 97 |
Homes finished and licensed each year in Longford
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 | 98 | 185 |
| 2024 | 126 | 94 |
| 2023 | 119 | 271 |
| 2022 | 123 | 83 |
| 2021 | 124 | 111 |
| 2020 | 101 | 218 |
| 2019 | 132 | 190 |
| 2018 | 65 | 97 |
| 2017 | 75 | — |
| 2016 | 59 | — |
| 2015 | 50 | — |
| 2014 | 54 | — |
| 2013 | 35 | — |
| 2012 | 77 | — |
| 2011 | 50 | — |
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 €203,104. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €816 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
- 11%
- Payment, one income
- 23%
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
- €1,120
- Owning per month
- €781
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 5 times since 2010. The deepest began in Q1 2010.
- Deepest fall
- −58.2%
- Recovery from the low
- 102 months
14.1% of the 19,195 homes counted in the 2022 census were unoccupied: vacant, or holiday homes.
- Empty, 2022 census
- 14.1%
- Empty homes
- 2,716