January 2025 Commencements

1,178 homes commenced in January 2025.

66,873 homes commenced on a rolling 12-month basis (February 2024 to January 2025), 96% up from the previous 12 months (where there were 34,058 homes commenced).

Of the 1,178 homes commenced in January 2025, 38% are scheme dwellings, 51% are apartments and 11% are for one-off units.

Of all the homes commenced this month, 42% were in the four Dublin local authorities (489 homes). By Local authority, the most homes commenced were in Dublin City (430 homes, 37%) followed by Meath (213 homes, 18%) and Wexford (107 homes, 9%).

2024 Commencement Figures revised upwards

Revisions have been made to previously published data relating to 2024 . In particular, the number of units commenced in December has increased by more than 6,000 to be 10,578. The revised figure for the whole of 2024 is now 69,060.

Note:

In 2024 additional verification was undertaken to ensure reported construction had begun. Upon further validation - as well as discussions with other organisations who have analysed the publicly available BCMS data - revisions to 2024 published statistics have been made, resulting in a higher figure.