Population to drive demand for 34,000 new homes

As many as 34,000 new homes will need to be built each year through the next decade to meet a growing population boosted by inward migration, Central Bank research has revealed.

And even if inward migration falls back, as many as 23,000 new homes a year will be required to meet demand, according to Thomas Conefrey and David Staunton in ‘Population Change and Housing Demand in Ireland’.