Land sales picking up pace in Cork after three-year covid lull and other pressures

Though still in a housing crisis, we have done remarkably well to navigate the challenges of the last three years, writes James O’Donovan

Waterfall, Bishopstown land sold  €10.4m and is now being developed for housing, with three-bed homes selling for over €400,000

THE residential land market and the delivery, or lack thereof, of new homes across the country has been in strong focus over the last 18-24 months but, the fact of the matter is that we have come a long way since the outbreak of covid-19.

In reality it could be argued that we have done incredibly well to have navigated once in a lifetime obstacles such as lockdowns and site closures, to significant challenges of supply chain issues and unprecedented levels of construction cost inflation.