Last year followed a similar New Homes pattern to the previous year, with sales volumes continuing to increase and a higher weighting in the first half of the year. Schemes in Cork which commenced in 2017 are nearing completion and are now host to bustling new communities.

HAVING a major employer, with 2,500 jobs, over the boundary fence is expected to underpin developer/builder confidence in pursuit of 12.5 acres in two fields, fresh to market, at Grange Cross, Ovens, west of Cork City and Ballincollig.

There have been 12 planning permissions and alterations to grants of planning at the Forest Hill development — one of a select, very small handful of new home sites that have managed to stay open, building and selling, during the downturn.

THE GATES are closing up on Matthew Hill, above Cork city at Lehenaghmore the side of the airport hill.