South-East · report
New homes in South-East
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
Homes granted planning permission in South-East
Homes granted planning permission over the previous 12 months, at each quarter.
- South-East
- Ten-year average
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| Period | South-East |
|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 3,378 |
| Mar 2026 | 2,881 |
| Dec 2025 | 2,452 |
| Sep 2025 | 2,895 |
| Jun 2025 | 2,742 |
| Mar 2025 | 2,577 |
| Dec 2024 | 2,473 |
| Sep 2024 | 2,075 |
| Jun 2024 | 2,279 |
| Mar 2024 | 2,627 |
| Dec 2023 | 2,794 |
| Sep 2023 | 2,987 |
| Jun 2023 | 2,828 |
| Mar 2023 | 2,844 |
| Dec 2022 | 2,982 |
| Sep 2022 | 3,204 |
| Jun 2022 | 3,542 |
| Mar 2022 | 3,795 |
| Dec 2021 | 3,388 |
| Sep 2021 | 3,282 |
| Jun 2021 | 3,110 |
| Mar 2021 | 2,433 |
| Dec 2020 | 2,383 |
| Sep 2020 | 1,943 |
| Jun 2020 | 2,397 |
| Mar 2020 | 3,442 |
| Dec 2019 | 3,715 |
| Sep 2019 | 4,089 |
| Jun 2019 | 3,324 |
| Mar 2019 | 2,466 |
| Dec 2018 | 2,225 |
Homes finished and licensed each year in South-East
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 | 2,523 | 2,452 |
| 2024 | 2,575 | 2,473 |
| 2023 | 2,307 | 2,794 |
| 2022 | 2,154 | 2,982 |
| 2021 | 1,789 | 3,388 |
| 2020 | 1,666 | 2,383 |
| 2019 | 1,509 | 3,715 |
| 2018 | 1,346 | 2,225 |
| 2017 | 911 | — |
| 2016 | 711 | — |
| 2015 | 667 | — |
| 2014 | 452 | — |
| 2013 | 434 | — |
| 2012 | 452 | — |
| 2011 | 815 | — |
- Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
- 5.2
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.
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%
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
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%
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