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Public housing works in West
Public bodies signed €157.3M of housing works here in 2025, and €230.2M since 2017.
- Signed in 2025
- €157.3M
- Per resident, 2025
- €303
Public housing works signed in West
Contract awards for housing construction published on TED by Irish public buyers, by the year published, before VAT. Complete years only; the data runs to October 21, 2026.
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| Year | Value signed |
|---|---|
| 2025 | €157,348,613 |
| 2024 | €1,066,386 |
| 2023 | €14,149,293 |
| 2022 | €7,000,000 |
| 2021 | €0 |
| 2020 | €0 |
| 2019 | €50,600,000 |
| 2018 | €0 |
| 2017 | €0 |
Only contracts above the EU thresholds are published on TED, so these are the larger works; smaller tenders on eTenders are not included. A contract is placed in the regions its place of performance names, split evenly; one that names only Ireland counts for Ireland alone. The value is the award's total.
Other reports for West
Sale prices have an 80% chance of landing between €353,674 and €580,489 by August 2027.
- Expected, August 2027
- €467,081
- Chance of a rise
- 84%
Figures for Ireland: West has no reliable figures of its own.
At the average sale price, a home costs €377,400. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,516 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
- 18%
- Payment, one income
- 35%
17.7% more homes were granted planning permission in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Permitted, 12 months
- 2,571
- Per 1,000 residents
- 4.8
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 2 times since 2010. The deepest began in January 2010.
- Deepest fall
- −40.6%
- Recovery from the low
- 68 months
17.0% of the 218,184 homes counted in the 2022 census were unoccupied: vacant, or holiday homes.
- Empty, 2022 census
- 17.0%
- Empty homes
- 37,056
In 2025, 44% of the planning permissions granted for homes were for extensions, alterations or conversions of existing ones.
- Work on existing homes, 2025
- 44%