Midland · report
Renovation in Midland
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%
Planning permissions for homes in Midland, 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 | 531 | 316 | 150 | 997 |
| 2024 | 499 | 325 | 122 | 946 |
| 2023 | 543 | 278 | 97 | 918 |
| 2022 | 678 | 302 | 104 | 1,084 |
| 2021 | 688 | 383 | 128 | 1,199 |
| 2020 | 582 | 290 | 115 | 987 |
| 2019 | 594 | 293 | 128 | 1,015 |
| 2018 | 522 | 259 | 92 | 873 |
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 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%
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%
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
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