Sligo · report
New homes in Sligo
60.2% more homes were granted planning permission in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Permitted, 12 months
- 426
- Per 1,000 residents
- 6.1
Homes granted planning permission in Sligo
Homes granted planning permission over the previous 12 months, at each quarter.
- Sligo
- Ten-year average
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| Period | Sligo |
|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 426 |
| Mar 2026 | 548 |
| Dec 2025 | 535 |
| Sep 2025 | 453 |
| Jun 2025 | 410 |
| Mar 2025 | 211 |
| Dec 2024 | 148 |
| Sep 2024 | 265 |
| Jun 2024 | 332 |
| Mar 2024 | 320 |
| Dec 2023 | 311 |
| Sep 2023 | 232 |
| Jun 2023 | 225 |
| Mar 2023 | 214 |
| Dec 2022 | 282 |
| Sep 2022 | 332 |
| Jun 2022 | 273 |
| Mar 2022 | 290 |
| Dec 2021 | 217 |
| Sep 2021 | 125 |
| Jun 2021 | 132 |
| Mar 2021 | 108 |
| Dec 2020 | 207 |
| Sep 2020 | 205 |
| Jun 2020 | 281 |
| Mar 2020 | 294 |
| Dec 2019 | 215 |
| Sep 2019 | 227 |
| Jun 2019 | 138 |
| Mar 2019 | 145 |
| Dec 2018 | 142 |
Homes finished and licensed each year in Sligo
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 | 391 | 535 |
| 2024 | 201 | 148 |
| 2023 | 262 | 311 |
| 2022 | 211 | 282 |
| 2021 | 144 | 217 |
| 2020 | 173 | 207 |
| 2019 | 113 | 215 |
| 2018 | 166 | 142 |
| 2017 | 124 | — |
| 2016 | 87 | — |
| 2015 | 74 | — |
| 2014 | 60 | — |
| 2013 | 90 | — |
| 2012 | 169 | — |
| 2011 | 145 | — |
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 €299,745. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,204 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
- 16%
- Payment, one income
- 32%
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
- €1,156
- Owning per month
- €1,153
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 3 times since 2010. The deepest began in Q1 2010.
- Deepest fall
- −49.1%
- Recovery from the low
- 114 months
17.8% of the 33,711 homes counted in the 2022 census were unoccupied: vacant, or holiday homes.
- Empty, 2022 census
- 17.8%
- Empty homes
- 5,987