Waterford · report
New homes in Waterford
37.2% more homes were granted planning permission in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Permitted, 12 months
- 1,208
- Per 1,000 residents
- 9.5
Homes granted planning permission in Waterford
Homes granted planning permission over the previous 12 months, at each quarter.
- Waterford
- Ten-year average
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| Period | Waterford |
|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 1,208 |
| Mar 2026 | 824 |
| Dec 2025 | 749 |
| Sep 2025 | 1,202 |
| Jun 2025 | 1,116 |
| Mar 2025 | 1,172 |
| Dec 2024 | 1,047 |
| Sep 2024 | 649 |
| Jun 2024 | 562 |
| Mar 2024 | 459 |
| Dec 2023 | 675 |
| Sep 2023 | 1,027 |
| Jun 2023 | 1,246 |
| Mar 2023 | 1,363 |
| Dec 2022 | 1,118 |
| Sep 2022 | 964 |
| Jun 2022 | 1,016 |
| Mar 2022 | 948 |
| Dec 2021 | 871 |
| Sep 2021 | 527 |
| Jun 2021 | 440 |
| Mar 2021 | 390 |
| Dec 2020 | 420 |
| Sep 2020 | 449 |
| Jun 2020 | 856 |
| Mar 2020 | 1,188 |
| Dec 2019 | 1,168 |
| Sep 2019 | 1,373 |
| Jun 2019 | 886 |
| Mar 2019 | 623 |
| Dec 2018 | 749 |
Homes finished and licensed each year in Waterford
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 | 720 | 749 |
| 2024 | 739 | 1,047 |
| 2023 | 553 | 675 |
| 2022 | 553 | 1,118 |
| 2021 | 520 | 871 |
| 2020 | 463 | 420 |
| 2019 | 441 | 1,168 |
| 2018 | 413 | 749 |
| 2017 | 277 | — |
| 2016 | 214 | — |
| 2015 | 197 | — |
| 2014 | 81 | — |
| 2013 | 91 | — |
| 2012 | 98 | — |
| 2011 | 190 | — |
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 €327,412. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,315 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
- 17%
- Payment, one income
- 35%
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
- €1,247
- Owning per month
- €1,259
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 2 times since 2010. The deepest began in Q1 2010.
- Deepest fall
- −54.4%
- Recovery from the low
- 96 months
11.0% of the 54,847 homes counted in the 2022 census were unoccupied: vacant, or holiday homes.
- Empty, 2022 census
- 11.0%
- Empty homes
- 6,018