Housing

Apartment completions drop by a third in first quarter - CSO

Overall housing completions were down 12 per cent on the same period last year

More than three-quarters of apartment completions last quarter were in Dublin.

The number of apartments completed last in the first three months of the year dropped by a third compared with the same period in 2023, according to new Central Statistics Office figures.

The CSO report said that 5,841 homes were completed in the first quarter of the year, made up of 1,603 apartments, 1,200 one-off units and 3,038 delivered as part of housing schemes.

Overall, this was a drop of 12.6 per cent on the ...