South-East · report
Renovation in South-East
In 2025, 50% of the planning permissions granted for homes were for extensions, alterations or conversions of existing ones.
- Work on existing homes, 2025
- 50%
Planning permissions for homes in South-East, 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 | 808 | 543 | 264 | 1,615 |
| 2024 | 673 | 519 | 254 | 1,446 |
| 2023 | 740 | 512 | 211 | 1,463 |
| 2022 | 1,052 | 489 | 215 | 1,756 |
| 2021 | 1,189 | 700 | 271 | 2,160 |
| 2020 | 838 | 475 | 192 | 1,505 |
| 2019 | 895 | 499 | 180 | 1,574 |
| 2018 | 786 | 496 | 171 | 1,453 |
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.
Other reports for South-East
Sale prices have an 80% chance of landing between €329,555 and €459,085 by August 2027.
- Expected, August 2027
- €394,320
- Chance of a rise
- 81%
Figures for Ireland: South-East has no reliable figures of its own.
At the average sale price, a home costs €349,312. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,403 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%
16.9% more homes were granted planning permission in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Permitted, 12 months
- 3,378
- Per 1,000 residents
- 7.0
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more once since 2010. That fall began in January 2010.
- Deepest fall
- −45.3%
- Recovery from the low
- 62 months
11.9% of the 191,879 homes counted in the 2022 census were unoccupied: vacant, or holiday homes.
- Empty, 2022 census
- 11.9%
- Empty homes
- 22,811
Public bodies signed €1.2M of housing works here in 2023, and €168.4M since 2017.
- Signed in 2023
- €1.2M
- Per resident, 2023
- €3