THERE’S been quite a bit of jostling for site acquisitions for new homes around Cork city, with builders forced to closely analyse the pinch-points of successful acquisition of ‘raw’ stock/sites, versus likely sale margins, financing costs and sustainability/profitability.

Positivity, mixed with caution, is the outlook for the construction sector in Cork for 2016, as the pace of recovery lags behind back-in-business Dublin where cranes are back dotting the skyline.