Wexford · report
New homes in Wexford
1.1% fewer homes were granted planning permission in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Permitted, 12 months
- 1,176
- Per 1,000 residents
- 7.2
Homes granted planning permission in Wexford
Homes granted planning permission over the previous 12 months, at each quarter.
- Wexford
- Ten-year average
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| Period | Wexford |
|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 1,176 |
| Mar 2026 | 1,185 |
| Dec 2025 | 995 |
| Sep 2025 | 943 |
| Jun 2025 | 970 |
| Mar 2025 | 766 |
| Dec 2024 | 831 |
| Sep 2024 | 887 |
| Jun 2024 | 929 |
| Mar 2024 | 1,251 |
| Dec 2023 | 1,295 |
| Sep 2023 | 1,166 |
| Jun 2023 | 1,064 |
| Mar 2023 | 1,069 |
| Dec 2022 | 1,031 |
| Sep 2022 | 1,234 |
| Jun 2022 | 1,365 |
| Mar 2022 | 1,303 |
| Dec 2021 | 1,299 |
| Sep 2021 | 1,642 |
| Jun 2021 | 1,586 |
| Mar 2021 | 1,307 |
| Dec 2020 | 1,243 |
| Sep 2020 | 757 |
| Jun 2020 | 770 |
| Mar 2020 | 1,483 |
| Dec 2019 | 1,710 |
| Sep 2019 | 1,822 |
| Jun 2019 | 1,681 |
| Mar 2019 | 1,184 |
| Dec 2018 | 925 |
Homes finished and licensed each year in Wexford
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 | 1,060 | 995 |
| 2024 | 1,064 | 831 |
| 2023 | 963 | 1,295 |
| 2022 | 949 | 1,031 |
| 2021 | 692 | 1,299 |
| 2020 | 620 | 1,243 |
| 2019 | 585 | 1,710 |
| 2018 | 488 | 925 |
| 2017 | 342 | — |
| 2016 | 261 | — |
| 2015 | 261 | — |
| 2014 | 195 | — |
| 2013 | 189 | — |
| 2012 | 190 | — |
| 2011 | 294 | — |
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 €314,957. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,265 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
- 33%
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
- €1,179
- Owning per month
- €1,211
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 4 times since 2010. The deepest began in Q1 2010.
- Deepest fall
- −47.8%
- Recovery from the low
- 84 months
15.5% of the 71,479 homes counted in the 2022 census were unoccupied: vacant, or holiday homes.
- Empty, 2022 census
- 15.5%
- Empty homes
- 11,098