Louth · report
New homes in Louth
19.1% fewer homes were granted planning permission in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Permitted, 12 months
- 1,006
- Per 1,000 residents
- 7.2
Homes granted planning permission in Louth
Homes granted planning permission over the previous 12 months, at each quarter.
- Louth
- Ten-year average
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| Period | Louth |
|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 1,006 |
| Mar 2026 | 874 |
| Dec 2025 | 1,208 |
| Sep 2025 | 1,353 |
| Jun 2025 | 1,398 |
| Mar 2025 | 1,988 |
| Dec 2024 | 1,932 |
| Sep 2024 | 2,057 |
| Jun 2024 | 2,371 |
| Mar 2024 | 1,924 |
| Dec 2023 | 1,706 |
| Sep 2023 | 1,372 |
| Jun 2023 | 1,005 |
| Mar 2023 | 666 |
| Dec 2022 | 991 |
| Sep 2022 | 973 |
| Jun 2022 | 1,084 |
| Mar 2022 | 1,342 |
| Dec 2021 | 949 |
| Sep 2021 | 1,168 |
| Jun 2021 | 1,058 |
| Mar 2021 | 848 |
| Dec 2020 | 1,127 |
| Sep 2020 | 1,237 |
| Jun 2020 | 1,164 |
| Mar 2020 | 1,483 |
| Dec 2019 | 1,198 |
| Sep 2019 | 885 |
| Jun 2019 | 975 |
| Mar 2019 | 530 |
| Dec 2018 | 685 |
Homes finished and licensed each year in Louth
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 | 1,539 | 1,208 |
| 2024 | 1,170 | 1,932 |
| 2023 | 1,081 | 1,706 |
| 2022 | 789 | 991 |
| 2021 | 664 | 949 |
| 2020 | 624 | 1,127 |
| 2019 | 666 | 1,198 |
| 2018 | 591 | 685 |
| 2017 | 371 | — |
| 2016 | 199 | — |
| 2015 | 171 | — |
| 2014 | 146 | — |
| 2013 | 205 | — |
| 2012 | 191 | — |
| 2011 | 169 | — |
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 €376,649. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,513 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
- 19%
- Payment, one income
- 38%
Owning and renting the average home cost about the same each month. 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
- €1,433
- Owning per month
- €1,449
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 6 times since 2010. The deepest began in Q2 2010.
- Deepest fall
- −44.6%
- Recovery from the low
- 54 months
8.0% of the 54,842 homes counted in the 2022 census were unoccupied: vacant, or holiday homes.
- Empty, 2022 census
- 8.0%
- Empty homes
- 4,363