A market of moderation: New homes moving smoothly but not swiftly

Various external factors combining to slow things down

Kingsland in Donabate, Co Dublin

The success or failure of our sensitive new homes market is at the whim of an extraordinary number of moving parts and remains in dire straits. And while things are improving in terms of an increase in volume and activity, overall progress is still at a glacial pace.

Despite talk of a return to boom-time panic and ...