South-West · report
Renovation in South-West
In 2025, 60% of the planning permissions granted for homes were for extensions, alterations or conversions of existing ones.
- Work on existing homes, 2025
- 60%
Planning permissions for homes in South-West, 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 | 1,018 | 978 | 568 | 2,564 |
| 2024 | 972 | 996 | 190 | 2,158 |
| 2023 | 1,095 | 898 | 310 | 2,303 |
| 2022 | 1,348 | 934 | 412 | 2,694 |
| 2021 | 1,315 | 1,201 | 705 | 3,221 |
| 2020 | 1,058 | 870 | 527 | 2,455 |
| 2019 | 1,234 | 918 | 537 | 2,689 |
| 2018 | 1,139 | 902 | 428 | 2,469 |
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 €379,628 and €496,925 by August 2027.
- Expected, August 2027
- €438,277
- Chance of a rise
- 78%
Figures for Ireland: South-West has no reliable figures of its own.
At the average sale price, a home costs €403,515. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,621 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
- 19%
- Payment, one income
- 38%
57.0% more homes were granted planning permission in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Permitted, 12 months
- 8,279
- Per 1,000 residents
- 10.4
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more once since 2010. That fall began in January 2010.
- Deepest fall
- −37.6%
- Recovery from the low
- 50 months
13.2% of the 318,247 homes counted in the 2022 census were unoccupied: vacant, or holiday homes.
- Empty, 2022 census
- 13.2%
- Empty homes
- 41,882
Public bodies signed €42.4M of housing works here in 2025, and €201.9M since 2017.
- Signed in 2025
- €42.4M
- Per resident, 2025
- €54