Roscommon · report
New homes in Roscommon
15.2% more homes were granted planning permission in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Permitted, 12 months
- 207
- Per 1,000 residents
- 2.9
Homes granted planning permission in Roscommon
Homes granted planning permission over the previous 12 months, at each quarter.
- Roscommon
- Ten-year average
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| Period | Roscommon |
|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 207 |
| Mar 2026 | 227 |
| Dec 2025 | 246 |
| Sep 2025 | 210 |
| Jun 2025 | 265 |
| Mar 2025 | 248 |
| Dec 2024 | 221 |
| Sep 2024 | 260 |
| Jun 2024 | 164 |
| Mar 2024 | 144 |
| Dec 2023 | 152 |
| Sep 2023 | 97 |
| Jun 2023 | 108 |
| Mar 2023 | 138 |
| Dec 2022 | 141 |
| Sep 2022 | 141 |
| Jun 2022 | 158 |
| Mar 2022 | 160 |
| Dec 2021 | 184 |
| Sep 2021 | 177 |
| Jun 2021 | 161 |
| Mar 2021 | 111 |
| Dec 2020 | 173 |
| Sep 2020 | 189 |
| Jun 2020 | 194 |
| Mar 2020 | 221 |
| Dec 2019 | 136 |
| Sep 2019 | 153 |
| Jun 2019 | 192 |
| Mar 2019 | 195 |
| Dec 2018 | 195 |
Homes finished and licensed each year in Roscommon
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 | 224 | 246 |
| 2024 | 195 | 221 |
| 2023 | 194 | 152 |
| 2022 | 177 | 141 |
| 2021 | 209 | 184 |
| 2020 | 159 | 173 |
| 2019 | 153 | 136 |
| 2018 | 145 | 195 |
| 2017 | 100 | — |
| 2016 | 82 | — |
| 2015 | 70 | — |
| 2014 | 67 | — |
| 2013 | 80 | — |
| 2012 | 76 | — |
| 2011 | 149 | — |
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 €259,507. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,042 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
- 14%
- Payment, one income
- 27%
Owning the average home costs less each month than renting it. 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
- €1,092
- Owning per month
- €998
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 4 times since 2010. The deepest began in Q1 2010.
- Deepest fall
- −58.4%
- Recovery from the low
- 108 months
17.4% of the 32,129 homes counted in the 2022 census were unoccupied: vacant, or holiday homes.
- Empty, 2022 census
- 17.4%
- Empty homes
- 5,606