Housing completions up just 4% between July and September

The CSO said that five of the eight regions across the country saw an increase in completions with the largest increase being seen in the mid-west region. 

There were just 9,235 new homes completed during the period July through September, an increase of only 4% compared to the same period in 2024 with one-third of those completions being apartments, new data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) shows.

In the first nine months of this year, there have been 24,325 new homes completed, which was an increase of 13% on the same period in 2024. Apartment completions were up 30%.