How many new homes were built and granted in 2026?
Updated 9 October 2026 · register counted 9 Oct 2026
8,823 new homes were completed in Ireland in April to June 2026, 3.6% fewer than a year earlier. On the planning register, councils and the Commission have granted 23,325 homes in 305 schemes of 10+ so far in 2026, and 51,224 homes in granted schemes are under way.
Schemes of 10 or more homes lodged in the last 6 years, from the council registers and the Commission. “Under way” means a commencement notice was filed (or, in Dublin, the councils’ 4Dublin pipeline reports work on site). We show planning, not prices: whether a home qualifies for Help to Buy depends on its price and on you.
The facts
- 8,823 new homes were completed in Ireland in April to June 2026, 3.6% fewer than a year earlier (9,152). CSO, New Dwelling Completions Q2 2026 (30 July 2026), Table 3
- Apartments fell most: 2,658 completed, down 12.2%. Scheme houses rose 2.0% to 4,738. CSO, New Dwelling Completions Q2 2026 (30 July 2026), Table 3
- More than a third of the quarter's completions (36%) were in Dublin's four councils. CSO, New Dwelling Completions Q2 2026 (30 July 2026), Table 3
Every council
What to expect
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Every council
| Council | Completed Q2 (CSO) | Granted 2026 | Under way |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown | 307 | 1,218 | 3,882 |
| Fingal | 1,020 | 2,732 | 12,116 |
| Dublin City | 1,280 | 1,114 | 6,368 |
| South Dublin | 573 | 4,613 | 10,096 |
| Kildare | 592 | 1,384 | 1,051 |
| Meath | 461 | 2,230 | 2,327 |
| Wicklow | 198 | 535 | 936 |
| Carlow | 99 | 77 | 315 |
| Cavan | 108 | 191 | 379 |
| Clare | 178 | 699 | 592 |
| Cork City | 390 | 18 | 1,462 |
| Cork County | 509 | 1,692 | 1,385 |
| Donegal | 204 | 646 | 350 |
| Galway City | 41 | 375 | 311 |
| Galway County | 237 | 541 | 450 |
| Kerry | 193 | 375 | 223 |
| Kilkenny | 172 | 210 | 530 |
| Laois | 208 | 524 | 667 |
| Leitrim | 32 | 37 | 26 |
| Limerick | 185 | 451 | 675 |
| Longford | 64 | 0 | 30 |
| Louth | 476 | 804 | 1,525 |
| Mayo | 115 | 231 | 139 |
| Monaghan | 92 | 105 | 170 |
| Offaly | 145 | 209 | 418 |
| Roscommon | 74 | 43 | 56 |
| Sligo | 112 | 160 | 285 |
| Tipperary | 169 | 243 | 1,059 |
| Waterford | 151 | 660 | 1,443 |
| Westmeath | 168 | 613 | 665 |
| Wexford | 270 | 595 | 1,293 |
How we counted
- Completed is the CSO’s count of new homes connected to the ESB network (CSO, New Dwelling Completions Q2 2026 (30 July 2026), Table 3), by the council area of the substation. It includes one-off houses.
- Granted in 2026 is from the planning register: schemes of 10 or more homes with a grant (by the council or on appeal) dated this year, one per site. One-off houses and small schemes are left out, so it is not comparable one-for-one with the CSO’s count.
- Under way means a commencement notice is linked to a scheme granted in the last 6 years, or, in Dublin, the 4Dublin Housing Supply Pipeline (CC BY 4.0) reports work on site. 11,847 of those homes have a commencement notice dated 2026.
- Fingal publishes no unit counts, so some of its schemes may be undercounted. Student and co-living bed spaces are left out.
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