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New homes in Ireland

17.2% more homes were granted planning permission in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Permitted, 12 months
39,354
Per 1,000 residents
7.1

Homes granted planning permission in Ireland

Homes granted planning permission over the previous 12 months, at each quarter.

  • Ireland
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodIreland
Jun 202639,354
Mar 202634,889
Dec 202534,974
Sep 202533,656
Jun 202531,125
Mar 202532,191
Dec 202432,401
Sep 202436,692
Jun 202437,743
Mar 202437,953
Dec 202341,225
Sep 202337,641
Jun 202334,722
Mar 202337,373
Dec 202234,177
Sep 202240,030
Jun 202244,715
Mar 202244,491
Dec 202142,991
Sep 202139,077
Jun 202140,131
Mar 202136,252
Dec 202042,371
Sep 202044,479
Jun 202042,086
Mar 202044,271
Dec 201938,461
Sep 201933,499
Jun 201931,265
Mar 201928,586
Dec 201828,939
Sep 201829,191
Jun 201826,075
Mar 201823,751
Dec 201720,776
Sep 201718,171
Jun 201718,821
Mar 201717,509
Dec 201615,950
Sep 201615,638
Jun 201612,953
Mar 201612,922
Dec 201513,044
Sep 201511,084
Jun 201510,524
Mar 20159,020
Dec 20147,411
Sep 20146,910
Jun 20146,175
Mar 20146,495
Dec 20137,199
Sep 20137,494
Jun 20137,723
Mar 20137,203
Dec 20126,250
Sep 20126,555
Jun 20127,429
Mar 20129,333
Dec 201111,645
Sep 201112,438
Jun 201114,567
Mar 201116,635
Dec 201018,478
Sep 201020,493
Jun 201024,436
Mar 201031,889
Dec 200940,556
Sep 200949,359
Jun 200956,068
Mar 200963,179
Dec 200867,584
Sep 200871,550
Jun 200878,395
Mar 200882,441
Dec 200784,397
Sep 200782,915
Jun 200781,660
Mar 200776,769
Dec 200678,755
Sep 200683,707
Jun 200686,805
Mar 200696,526
Dec 200599,352
Sep 2005103,939
Jun 2005104,454
Mar 2005101,602
Dec 2004101,653
Sep 200495,615
Jun 200495,578
Mar 200490,214
Dec 200378,354
Sep 200372,940
Jun 200366,753
Mar 200366,550
Dec 200269,314
Sep 200271,962
Jun 200271,766
Mar 200272,256
Dec 200178,509
Sep 200183,770
Jun 200190,425
Mar 200192,435
Dec 200091,243
Sep 200090,177
Jun 200085,584
Mar 200080,398
Dec 199976,596
Sep 199966,507
Jun 199960,636
Mar 199954,073
Dec 199847,389
Sep 199844,901
Jun 199839,337
Mar 199838,937
Dec 199737,060
Sep 199736,888
Jun 199737,332
Mar 199734,643
Dec 199634,864
Sep 199632,041
Jun 199630,509
Mar 199629,860
Dec 199528,837
Sep 199529,815
Jun 199529,227
Mar 199527,719
Dec 199425,735
Sep 199424,808
Jun 199423,363
Mar 199424,012
Dec 199324,035
Sep 199324,109
Jun 199324,049
Mar 199322,825
Dec 199221,302
Sep 199221,587
Jun 199221,752
Mar 199220,374
Dec 199120,517
Sep 199119,393
Jun 199119,887
Mar 199121,305
Dec 199022,074
Sep 199022,584
Jun 199022,062
Mar 199021,808
Dec 198920,400
Sep 198918,397
Jun 198916,296
Mar 198914,087
Dec 198812,721
Sep 198811,875
Jun 198812,382
Mar 198812,710
Dec 198713,084
Sep 198714,057
Jun 198713,468
Mar 198713,622
Dec 198613,959
Sep 198614,908
Jun 198616,489
Mar 198618,889
Dec 198520,295
Sep 198521,298
Jun 198522,065
Mar 198521,758
Dec 198422,533
Sep 198423,266
Jun 198428,405
Mar 198432,971
Dec 198334,957
Sep 198337,188
Jun 198334,363
Mar 198332,587
Dec 198234,621
Sep 198233,130
Jun 198238,266
Mar 198239,001
Dec 198136,199
Sep 198136,797
Jun 198132,749
Mar 198132,108
Dec 198032,748
Sep 198033,915
Jun 198034,416
Mar 198035,831
Dec 197936,473
Sep 197934,583
Jun 197932,732
Mar 197931,302
Dec 197829,466
Sep 197829,108
Jun 197828,793
Mar 197826,883
Dec 197730,336
Sep 197730,856
Jun 197729,518
Mar 197729,503
Dec 197625,856
Sep 197624,356
Jun 197623,984
Mar 197624,916
Dec 197524,350

Homes finished and licensed each year in Ireland

Homes completed (columns) against homes granted planning permission (line), each year since 2011. CSO.

  • Homes finished
  • Homes licensed
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YearHomes finishedHomes licensed
202536,21534,974
202430,12432,401
202332,46341,225
202229,60934,177
202120,44342,991
202020,48342,371
201921,01338,461
201817,77728,939
201714,21820,776
20169,72015,950
20157,21913,044
20145,5187,411
20134,5757,199
20124,9116,250
20116,99411,645
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
6.6

Building permits, Ireland against the EU

Dwellings in residential building permits, seasonally adjusted, index 2021 = 100. Eurostat.

  • Ireland
  • EU
  • 2021 = 100
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PeriodIrelandEU
Q2 2026109.089.6
Q1 202677.087.6
Q4 202578.485.3
Q3 202597.085.4
Q2 202568.578.5
Q1 202577.078.4
Q4 202465.778.5
Q3 202475.175.7
Q2 202480.177.4
Q1 202476.279.1
Q4 2023108.179.4
Q3 202384.774.2
Q2 202382.778.8
Q1 2023104.381.5
Q4 202272.982.6
Q3 202260.292.8
Q2 2022108.6105.5
Q1 202273.8106.0
Q4 2021130.5101.5
Q3 2021103.098.8
Q2 2021105.2100.5
Q1 202161.299.2
Q4 202091.393.6
Q3 2020113.886.7
Q2 202068.475.8
Q1 2020115.088.5
Q4 2019111.993.9
Q3 201990.691.8
Q2 201990.090.2
Q1 201964.987.5
Q4 201862.589.6
Q3 201871.288.5
Q2 201864.890.1
Q1 201867.891.1
Q4 201765.288.2
Q3 201742.488.3
Q2 201743.188.4
Q1 201741.384.6
Q4 201640.185.0
Q3 201649.479.8
Q2 201630.278.8
Q1 201626.973.0
Q4 201538.271.3
Q3 201524.768.2
Q2 201529.866.6
Q1 201527.664.4

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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Next 12 months

Sale prices have an 80% chance of landing between €452,409 and €541,904 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027
€497,157
Chance of a rise
88%

Affordability

At the average sale price, a home costs €456,004. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,831 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
21%
Payment, one income
42%

Past cycles

Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more once since 2005. That fall began in April 2007.

Deepest fall
−55.1%
Recovery from the low
112 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 78,300 while 36,215 homes were finished: 2.2 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
2.2
Population change, 2025
+78,300

Empty homes

10.9% of the 2,112,121 homes counted in the 2022 census were unoccupied: vacant, or holiday homes.

Empty, 2022 census
10.9%
Empty homes
230,389

Renovation

In 2025, 63% of the planning permissions granted for homes were for extensions, alterations or conversions of existing ones.

Work on existing homes, 2025
63%

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €1.2B of housing works here in 2025, and €6.5B since 2017.

Signed in 2025
€1.2B
Per resident, 2025
€217