Mid-East · report
New homes in Mid-East
0.7% fewer homes were granted planning permission in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Permitted, 12 months
- 6,463
- Per 1,000 residents
- 8.2
Homes granted planning permission in Mid-East
Homes granted planning permission over the previous 12 months, at each quarter.
- Mid-East
- Ten-year average
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| Period | Mid-East |
|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 6,463 |
| Mar 2026 | 6,128 |
| Dec 2025 | 7,470 |
| Sep 2025 | 6,951 |
| Jun 2025 | 5,998 |
| Mar 2025 | 6,744 |
| Dec 2024 | 6,346 |
| Sep 2024 | 6,637 |
| Jun 2024 | 6,796 |
| Mar 2024 | 5,824 |
| Dec 2023 | 5,095 |
| Sep 2023 | 4,662 |
| Jun 2023 | 4,854 |
| Mar 2023 | 4,862 |
| Dec 2022 | 5,752 |
| Sep 2022 | 6,678 |
| Jun 2022 | 6,190 |
| Mar 2022 | 6,687 |
| Dec 2021 | 5,955 |
| Sep 2021 | 5,212 |
| Jun 2021 | 8,048 |
| Mar 2021 | 7,534 |
| Dec 2020 | 8,784 |
| Sep 2020 | 9,237 |
| Jun 2020 | 6,565 |
| Mar 2020 | 7,994 |
| Dec 2019 | 7,147 |
| Sep 2019 | 6,392 |
| Jun 2019 | 6,798 |
| Mar 2019 | 5,781 |
| Dec 2018 | 6,117 |
Homes finished and licensed each year in Mid-East
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 | 7,223 | 7,470 |
| 2024 | 5,549 | 6,346 |
| 2023 | 6,753 | 5,095 |
| 2022 | 6,802 | 5,752 |
| 2021 | 4,712 | 5,955 |
| 2020 | 4,837 | 8,784 |
| 2019 | 5,313 | 7,147 |
| 2018 | 3,905 | 6,117 |
| 2017 | 2,921 | — |
| 2016 | 1,781 | — |
| 2015 | 1,366 | — |
| 2014 | 825 | — |
| 2013 | 697 | — |
| 2012 | 740 | — |
| 2011 | 951 | — |
- Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
- 9.2
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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Sale prices have an 80% chance of landing between €469,550 and €571,073 by August 2027.
- Expected, August 2027
- €520,311
- Chance of a rise
- 90%
Figures for Ireland: Mid-East has no reliable figures of its own.
At the average sale price, a home costs €469,319. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,885 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
- 22%
- Payment, one income
- 44%
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more once since 2010. That fall began in January 2010.
- Deepest fall
- −37.2%
- Recovery from the low
- 57 months
6.4% of the 282,227 homes counted in the 2022 census were unoccupied: vacant, or holiday homes.
- Empty, 2022 census
- 6.4%
- Empty homes
- 18,160
In 2025, 63% of the planning permissions granted for homes were for extensions, alterations or conversions of existing ones.
- Work on existing homes, 2025
- 63%
Public bodies signed €10.1M of housing works here in 2025, and €519M since 2017.
- Signed in 2025
- €10.1M
- Per resident, 2025
- €13