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Public housing works in Ireland
Public bodies signed €1.2B of housing works here in 2025, and €6.5B since 2017.
- Signed in 2025
- €1.2B
- Per resident, 2025
- €217
Public housing works signed in Ireland
Contract awards for housing construction published on TED by Irish public buyers, by the year published, before VAT. Complete years only; the data runs to October 21, 2026.
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| Year | Value signed |
|---|---|
| 2025 | €1,186,229,098 |
| 2024 | €1,187,411,266 |
| 2023 | €1,230,327,941 |
| 2022 | €431,906,901 |
| 2021 | €1,054,606,263 |
| 2020 | €239,886,370 |
| 2019 | €1,033,738,192 |
| 2018 | €89,233,186 |
| 2017 | €43,833,083 |
Only contracts above the EU thresholds are published on TED, so these are the larger works; smaller tenders on eTenders are not included. A contract is placed in the regions its place of performance names, split evenly; one that names only Ireland counts for Ireland alone. The value is the award's total.
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Sale prices have an 80% chance of landing between €452,409 and €541,904 by August 2027.
- Expected, August 2027
- €497,157
- Chance of a rise
- 88%
At the average sale price, a home costs €456,004. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,831 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
- 21%
- Payment, one income
- 42%
17.2% more homes were granted planning permission in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Permitted, 12 months
- 39,354
- Per 1,000 residents
- 7.1
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more once since 2005. That fall began in April 2007.
- Deepest fall
- −55.1%
- Recovery from the low
- 112 months
In 2025 the population grew by 78,300 while 36,215 homes were finished: 2.2 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 2.2
- Population change, 2025
- +78,300
10.9% of the 2,112,121 homes counted in the 2022 census were unoccupied: vacant, or holiday homes.
- Empty, 2022 census
- 10.9%
- Empty homes
- 230,389
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%