Westmeath · report
New homes in Westmeath
14.4% fewer homes were granted planning permission in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Permitted, 12 months
- 684
- Per 1,000 residents
- 7.1
Homes granted planning permission in Westmeath
Homes granted planning permission over the previous 12 months, at each quarter.
- Westmeath
- Ten-year average
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| Period | Westmeath |
|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 684 |
| Mar 2026 | 914 |
| Dec 2025 | 955 |
| Sep 2025 | 831 |
| Jun 2025 | 1,169 |
| Mar 2025 | 1,381 |
| Dec 2024 | 1,249 |
| Sep 2024 | 1,089 |
| Jun 2024 | 1,272 |
| Mar 2024 | 797 |
| Dec 2023 | 1,050 |
| Sep 2023 | 1,218 |
| Jun 2023 | 690 |
| Mar 2023 | 861 |
| Dec 2022 | 610 |
| Sep 2022 | 459 |
| Jun 2022 | 556 |
| Mar 2022 | 964 |
| Dec 2021 | 998 |
| Sep 2021 | 1,389 |
| Jun 2021 | 1,418 |
| Mar 2021 | 849 |
| Dec 2020 | 897 |
| Sep 2020 | 439 |
| Jun 2020 | 390 |
| Mar 2020 | 404 |
| Dec 2019 | 305 |
| Sep 2019 | 284 |
| Jun 2019 | 193 |
| Mar 2019 | 204 |
| Dec 2018 | 250 |
Homes finished and licensed each year in Westmeath
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 | 740 | 955 |
| 2024 | 480 | 1,249 |
| 2023 | 497 | 1,050 |
| 2022 | 403 | 610 |
| 2021 | 242 | 998 |
| 2020 | 287 | 897 |
| 2019 | 242 | 305 |
| 2018 | 167 | 250 |
| 2017 | 132 | — |
| 2016 | 105 | — |
| 2015 | 85 | — |
| 2014 | 84 | — |
| 2013 | 66 | — |
| 2012 | 83 | — |
| 2011 | 122 | — |
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 €312,747. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,256 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
- 15%
- Payment, one income
- 30%
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
- €1,257
- Owning per month
- €1,203
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 8 times since 2010. The deepest began in Q2 2010.
- Deepest fall
- −46.9%
- Recovery from the low
- 66 months
9.0% of the 38,189 homes counted in the 2022 census were unoccupied: vacant, or holiday homes.
- Empty, 2022 census
- 9.0%
- Empty homes
- 3,428