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New homes in Offaly
6.0% more homes were granted planning permission in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Permitted, 12 months
- 446
- Per 1,000 residents
- 5.4
Homes granted planning permission in Offaly
Homes granted planning permission over the previous 12 months, at each quarter.
- Offaly
- Ten-year average
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| Period | Offaly |
|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 446 |
| Mar 2026 | 431 |
| Dec 2025 | 377 |
| Sep 2025 | 285 |
| Jun 2025 | 320 |
| Mar 2025 | 243 |
| Dec 2024 | 525 |
| Sep 2024 | 761 |
| Jun 2024 | 658 |
| Mar 2024 | 686 |
| Dec 2023 | 439 |
| Sep 2023 | 214 |
| Jun 2023 | 294 |
| Mar 2023 | 278 |
| Dec 2022 | 486 |
| Sep 2022 | 590 |
| Jun 2022 | 556 |
| Mar 2022 | 586 |
| Dec 2021 | 358 |
| Sep 2021 | 342 |
| Jun 2021 | 300 |
| Mar 2021 | 269 |
| Dec 2020 | 339 |
| Sep 2020 | 236 |
| Jun 2020 | 413 |
| Mar 2020 | 488 |
| Dec 2019 | 441 |
| Sep 2019 | 464 |
| Jun 2019 | 332 |
| Mar 2019 | 453 |
| Dec 2018 | 430 |
Homes finished and licensed each year in Offaly
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 | 323 | 377 |
| 2024 | 393 | 525 |
| 2023 | 543 | 439 |
| 2022 | 409 | 486 |
| 2021 | 246 | 358 |
| 2020 | 198 | 339 |
| 2019 | 227 | 441 |
| 2018 | 105 | 430 |
| 2017 | 132 | — |
| 2016 | 85 | — |
| 2015 | 112 | — |
| 2014 | 67 | — |
| 2013 | 55 | — |
| 2012 | 82 | — |
| 2011 | 117 | — |
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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At the average sale price, a home costs €300,338. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,206 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
- 29%
Owning and renting the average home cost about the same each month. 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
- €1,198
- Owning per month
- €1,155
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 4 times since 2010. The deepest began in Q1 2010.
- Deepest fall
- −52.6%
- Recovery from the low
- 96 months
8.5% of the 31,851 homes counted in the 2022 census were unoccupied: vacant, or holiday homes.
- Empty, 2022 census
- 8.5%
- Empty homes
- 2,704