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Renovation in Ireland
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%
Planning permissions for homes in Ireland, 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 | 6,622 | 7,193 | 4,138 | 17,953 |
| 2024 | 6,373 | 6,784 | 2,996 | 16,153 |
| 2023 | 6,355 | 6,072 | 2,874 | 15,301 |
| 2022 | 8,136 | 6,441 | 3,037 | 17,614 |
| 2021 | 8,815 | 8,149 | 4,117 | 21,081 |
| 2020 | 6,633 | 5,763 | 2,950 | 15,346 |
| 2019 | 7,104 | 6,244 | 3,082 | 16,430 |
| 2018 | 6,840 | 6,336 | 2,437 | 15,613 |
| 2017 | 6,268 | 6,002 | 1,883 | 14,153 |
| 2016 | 5,116 | 5,777 | 604 | 11,497 |
| 2015 | 4,269 | 5,109 | 467 | 9,845 |
| 2014 | 3,606 | 4,701 | 765 | 9,072 |
| 2013 | 3,316 | 4,473 | 415 | 8,204 |
| 2012 | 3,643 | 4,512 | 414 | 8,569 |
| 2011 | 4,767 | 5,385 | 480 | 10,632 |
| 2010 | 6,347 | 6,423 | 447 | 13,217 |
| 2009 | 10,380 | 7,946 | 613 | 18,939 |
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.
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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
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