The number of newly built homes completed in Ireland has fallen by 3.6%, the State’s statistic body has said.
In a statistical release published by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) on Thursday morning, the organisation noted that the total number of new homes finished between April and June “was 8,823.”
This figure marks a noticeable decline from the 9,152 homes completed during the same three-month window in 2025.
CSO Statistician Steven Conroy outlined the exact figures for the quarter.
“The number of new dwelling completions in April, May, and June (Q2) 2026 was 8,823,” Conroy said.
“This was a decrease of 3.6% compared with the 9,152 completions in Q2 2025.”
The data revealed varying shifts depending on the type of housing built during the quarter.
Completions of houses within multi-unit developments, commonly referred to as housing estates or scheme dwellings, rose by 2% year-on-year to reach a total of 4,738.
However, this growth was offset by a sharp 12.2% drop in apartment completions, which fell to 2,658.
The construction of one-off, single homes also fell by 3.7% down to 1,427 units.
Overall, housing estate developments accounted for more than half of all completions at 54%, while apartments made up 30% and one-off houses comprised 16%.
The CSO figures highlighted differing regional trends across Ireland, with only two regions experiencing a drop in output.
The Dublin area saw a significant 16.4% fall in housing completions compared to the second quarter of 2025.
The Mid-West region, which includes Clare, Limerick, and Tipperary, recorded a 13.9% drop over the same timeframe.
Conversely, six of Ireland’s eight regions saw an increase in building output.
The Border region of Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Monaghan, and Sligo saw the largest relative growth at 14.6%, followed by the South-East at 12%.
Despite the drop in its overall output, Dublin remained the busiest area for construction, accounting for 36% of all newly finished homes in the State.
More than three-quarters of all apartment completions nationally were located in Dublin, totalling 2,006 units.
In Dublin City specifically, 91.4% of all completions during the quarter were apartments.
The Local Electoral Area with the most completions overall was Cabra-Glasnevin in County Dublin at 465, followed by Swords at 372.
Outside of the capital, rural Drogheda was the only other Local Electoral Area to feature in the top ten for most finished builds this quarter with 255.
The CSO uses new connections to the ESB electricity network as the basis for its statistics on new dwelling completions.
This data is collected nationally by one organisation in a consistent manner for all domestic buildings across the country.
A seasonal adjustment applied by the CSO to account for fluctuations throughout the year showed an overall 6% decrease in completions between the first and second quarters of 2026.
The number of previously finished homes in unfinished housing developments remained very low, accounting for just 23 connections or 0.3% of the total during this quarter.