Mayo · report
New homes in Mayo
64.0% more homes were granted planning permission in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Permitted, 12 months
- 810
- Per 1,000 residents
- 5.9
Homes granted planning permission in Mayo
Homes granted planning permission over the previous 12 months, at each quarter.
- Mayo
- Ten-year average
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| Period | Mayo |
|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 810 |
| Mar 2026 | 729 |
| Dec 2025 | 630 |
| Sep 2025 | 690 |
| Jun 2025 | 815 |
| Mar 2025 | 777 |
| Dec 2024 | 835 |
| Sep 2024 | 723 |
| Jun 2024 | 625 |
| Mar 2024 | 585 |
| Dec 2023 | 494 |
| Sep 2023 | 550 |
| Jun 2023 | 432 |
| Mar 2023 | 398 |
| Dec 2022 | 344 |
| Sep 2022 | 281 |
| Jun 2022 | 361 |
| Mar 2022 | 467 |
| Dec 2021 | 478 |
| Sep 2021 | 468 |
| Jun 2021 | 457 |
| Mar 2021 | 323 |
| Dec 2020 | 345 |
| Sep 2020 | 308 |
| Jun 2020 | 329 |
| Mar 2020 | 373 |
| Dec 2019 | 359 |
| Sep 2019 | 345 |
| Jun 2019 | 335 |
| Mar 2019 | 341 |
| Dec 2018 | 305 |
Homes finished and licensed each year in Mayo
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 | 498 | 630 |
| 2024 | 571 | 835 |
| 2023 | 519 | 494 |
| 2022 | 450 | 344 |
| 2021 | 370 | 478 |
| 2020 | 412 | 345 |
| 2019 | 437 | 359 |
| 2018 | 314 | 305 |
| 2017 | 240 | — |
| 2016 | 245 | — |
| 2015 | 196 | — |
| 2014 | 181 | — |
| 2013 | 214 | — |
| 2012 | 196 | — |
| 2011 | 338 | — |
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 €270,868. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,088 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
- 15%
- Payment, one income
- 30%
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
- €1,117
- Owning per month
- €1,042
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 5 times since 2010. The deepest began in Q1 2010.
- Deepest fall
- −43.6%
- Recovery from the low
- 81 months
21.8% of the 68,282 homes counted in the 2022 census were unoccupied: vacant, or holiday homes.
- Empty, 2022 census
- 21.8%
- Empty homes
- 14,909