Mid-West · report
Renovation in Mid-West
In 2025, 54% of the planning permissions granted for homes were for extensions, alterations or conversions of existing ones.
- Work on existing homes, 2025
- 54%
Planning permissions for homes in Mid-West, by type of work
Planning permissions granted for homes each year: new construction, extensions, and alterations and conversions. CSO.
- Alterations and conversions
- Extensions
- New construction
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| Year | New construction | Extensions | Alterations and conversions | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 786 | 626 | 291 | 1,703 |
| 2024 | 732 | 554 | 225 | 1,511 |
| 2023 | 770 | 556 | 227 | 1,553 |
| 2022 | 1,115 | 559 | 220 | 1,894 |
| 2021 | 1,092 | 713 | 219 | 2,024 |
| 2020 | 650 | 565 | 170 | 1,385 |
| 2019 | 756 | 572 | 187 | 1,515 |
| 2018 | 769 | 610 | 180 | 1,559 |
The CSO counts planning permissions, not homes or finished works: one permission may be for a single extension or a whole estate. Many small works need no permission, including most extensions under 40 m² at the back of a house, so they are not counted. Ireland from 2009, regions from 2018.
Other reports for Mid-West
Sale prices have an 80% chance of landing between €288,128 and €387,298 by August 2027.
- Expected, August 2027
- €337,713
- Chance of a rise
- 69%
Figures for Ireland: Mid-West has no reliable figures of its own.
At the average sale price, a home costs €318,507. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,279 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%
34.2% more homes were granted planning permission in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Permitted, 12 months
- 3,279
- Per 1,000 residents
- 6.0
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 2 times since 2010. The deepest began in March 2010.
- Deepest fall
- −45.2%
- Recovery from the low
- 75 months
11.6% of the 213,636 homes counted in the 2022 census were unoccupied: vacant, or holiday homes.
- Empty, 2022 census
- 11.6%
- Empty homes
- 24,729
Public bodies signed €402.4K of housing works here in 2025, and €129.4M since 2017.
- Signed in 2025
- €402.4K
- Per resident, 2025
- €1