House completions forecast 'to reach highest since banking crash at 35,000 units this year' 

Residential building activity picks up despite high borrowing costs, according to Goodbody

Housing starts have risen in recent months.

Irish house completions are set to reach 35,000 this year — the highest number since before the the banking and property crash more than 15 years ago — as residential building activity picks up despite high borrowing costs, Goodbody Analytics has predicted. 

Its new forecasts are based on the broker's estimates that almost 32,100 houses were built last year and come despite concerns that the building of new apartments and so-called scheme housing would fall off after the European Central Bank rapidly hiked interest rates last year.