Meath · report
New homes in Meath
3.8% more homes were granted planning permission in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Permitted, 12 months
- 2,006
- Per 1,000 residents
- 9.1
Homes granted planning permission in Meath
Homes granted planning permission over the previous 12 months, at each quarter.
- Meath
- Ten-year average
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| Period | Meath |
|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 2,006 |
| Mar 2026 | 1,875 |
| Dec 2025 | 2,342 |
| Sep 2025 | 2,254 |
| Jun 2025 | 1,712 |
| Mar 2025 | 1,698 |
| Dec 2024 | 1,403 |
| Sep 2024 | 1,710 |
| Jun 2024 | 2,137 |
| Mar 2024 | 1,889 |
| Dec 2023 | 1,973 |
| Sep 2023 | 1,452 |
| Jun 2023 | 1,073 |
| Mar 2023 | 1,384 |
| Dec 2022 | 1,349 |
| Sep 2022 | 1,883 |
| Jun 2022 | 1,876 |
| Mar 2022 | 1,693 |
| Dec 2021 | 1,701 |
| Sep 2021 | 1,534 |
| Jun 2021 | 2,494 |
| Mar 2021 | 2,434 |
| Dec 2020 | 2,446 |
| Sep 2020 | 2,359 |
| Jun 2020 | 1,609 |
| Mar 2020 | 2,779 |
| Dec 2019 | 2,806 |
| Sep 2019 | 2,597 |
| Jun 2019 | 2,427 |
| Mar 2019 | 1,425 |
| Dec 2018 | 1,576 |
Homes finished and licensed each year in Meath
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 | 2,132 | 2,342 |
| 2024 | 1,619 | 1,403 |
| 2023 | 1,539 | 1,973 |
| 2022 | 1,851 | 1,349 |
| 2021 | 1,268 | 1,701 |
| 2020 | 1,514 | 2,446 |
| 2019 | 1,636 | 2,806 |
| 2018 | 1,505 | 1,576 |
| 2017 | 1,088 | — |
| 2016 | 599 | — |
| 2015 | 325 | — |
| 2014 | 224 | — |
| 2013 | 160 | — |
| 2012 | 193 | — |
| 2011 | 278 | — |
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.
Other reports for Meath
At the average sale price, a home costs €437,639. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,758 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
- 18%
- Payment, one income
- 36%
Renting the average home costs less each month than owning 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
- €1,542
- Owning per month
- €1,683
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 5 times since 2010. The deepest began in Q2 2010.
- Deepest fall
- −34.4%
- Recovery from the low
- 51 months
6.0% of the 78,759 homes counted in the 2022 census were unoccupied: vacant, or holiday homes.
- Empty, 2022 census
- 6.0%
- Empty homes
- 4,747