The building of 3,028 new homes was commenced in July – an increase of 169% on the same month last year (1,125), according to figures to be published later today by the Department of Housing.
Of the new commencements last month, over half (1,612) are houses being built as part of multi-unit developments, 1,004 are apartments, with the remaining 412 made up of one-off houses.
The department said that since the beginning of 2026, 18,974 new homes have been commenced, which is up 152% from the 7,539 homes commenced in the first seven months of last year.
The data show it is also the second highest number of new-home commencements for the period, since recording began in 2014.
Minister for Housing James Browne said: “The positive momentum observed in the first seven months of this year builds on strong figures for 2024 and 2025 combined, when a total of 85,723 new homes were commenced – an increase of 43% compared with the combined total for the previous two-year period (2022 and 2023).”
Minister Browne added: “I have set ambitious targets in the Housing Action Plan and we need to keep our shoulder firmly to the wheel. I want more homes delivered and thousands of people are counting on that progress. I’m under no illusion about it.”
Just over a quarter of July’s commencements are in Dublin.
Figures published earlier this year by the Central Statistics Office showed that between January and March, 7,856 new homes were built – a rise of a third on the same three months in 2025, and the highest number of first-quarter completions since 2011.
However, for the second quarter of the year the number of new home completions – at 8,823 – was down on the same period in 2025.
The Government’s housing plan aims to have 300,000 homes built by 2030, which equates to 50,000 per year.
However, overall last year there were just 36,284 new homes built, although that figures was up 20% year-on-year and was the highest number built in at least 15 years.
