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Affordability in Midland

Figures for Ireland: Midland has no reliable figures of its own.

At the average sale price, a home costs €327,829. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,317 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%

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Starting from the average sale price of €327,829 in Midland, the median net income of a household, €51,810 a year (2022, Ireland), and a mortgage rate of 3.5% (August 2026).

Assumptions
The CSO's median is a whole household's income, couples included: one income is the median household, so two incomes is generous.
3.5

The payment takes 15% of net income. Ireland sets no limit on it.

Home price
€327,829
Monthly payment
€1,325
Share of net income
15%

Ireland against the EU

Share of people spending over 40% of their disposable income on housing, then the rest of Eurostat's survey of living conditions. These are national figures, shown here as context.

  • Ireland
  • EU
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YearIrelandEU
20255.3%7.7%
20244.5%8.2%
20234.7%8.8%
20223.7%8.7%
20212.6%8.7%
20204.2%7.8%
20195.2%9.4%
20183.4%9.6%
20174.5%10.1%
20164.6%10.9%
20154.7%11.2%
20146.4%11.5%
20134.6%11.6%
20126.5%11.5%
20116.1%10.6%
20104.9%10.0%
Share of people whoIrelandEU
Spend over 40% of income on housing6.3%7.7%
… nationals (adults)4.4%7.1%
… citizens of another EU country (adults)17.1%15.2%
… non-EU citizens (adults)38.0%18.1%
Live in an overcrowded home12.7%16.8%
Own their home outright39.7%43.7%
Own with a mortgage31.5%24.8%
Rent at market price16.3%20.8%
Rent at a reduced price or free12.5%10.7%

Income is the CSO's median net household income: the whole household's income after tax and social insurance, from tax and welfare records. It is published for 2022 only, so today's price is set against that year. Ireland sets no limit on the payment as a share of income: the Central Bank limits most mortgages to four times gross income for first-time buyers and 3.5 times for others, and to 90% of the home's value. The CSO's prices are plain averages of the homes bought, so they move with the mix of homes.

Other reports for Midland

Sale prices have an 80% chance of landing between €275,714 and €403,819 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027
€339,767
Chance of a rise
59%

9.7% more homes were granted planning permission in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Permitted, 12 months
2,251
Per 1,000 residents
6.6

Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more once since 2010. That fall began in January 2010.

Deepest fall
−49.6%
Recovery from the low
84 months

9.4% of the 123,678 homes counted in the 2022 census were unoccupied: vacant, or holiday homes.

Empty, 2022 census
9.4%
Empty homes
11,620

In 2025, 47% of the planning permissions granted for homes were for extensions, alterations or conversions of existing ones.

Work on existing homes, 2025
47%

Public bodies signed €2.9M of housing works here in 2025, and €2.9M since 2017.

Signed in 2025
€2.9M
Per resident, 2025
€9