Ireland is forecast to deliver the strongest rate of new housing completions across 19 European countries this year as it scrambles to reach completion targets.
Data from the EY-Euroconstruct monitor shows the level of housing completions per 1,000 of the population in Ireland at 5.9 in 2024, rising to 7.0 next year.
These levels are forecast to be more than 80% above the European average this year and 127% above the average in 2025.
Overall, Irish construction output — including non-residential and civil engineering — is forecast to grow by 1.4% in 2024 and by 6% in 2025, the highest in the Euroconstruct area.
fedupofbrick on
We’re out the door with LDA work in our place. Planning is a big issue. One job was in planning for 9 months. Another was held up because the architect forgot to include a small bike shed on his plans.
badger-biscuits on
We’re on the right track
The night is darkest before the dawn
Cultural-Action5961 on
These never seem to include the number of houses being rebuilt due to defective blocks. So never clear if the number of new houses is lower, or overall units completed is actually higher.
accountcg1234 on
And immigration to break above 100,000 🤣
CodeOtherwise on
What % of that will ultimately be build to rent though. Numbers are meaningless if we allow funds to bulk purchase and keep citizens off the property ladder.
Icy_Willingness_954 on
The house building industry is gradually starting to recover after the crash.
I do think the issue will eventually get resolved, it’s just taking a very long time for it to happen. Hopefully output continues to increase and we can finally start digging into the overall deficit.
Difficult-Set-3151 on
Yet somehow rents will increase, average house prices will increase and we’ll be having the same conversations in 5 years time.
We need dramatic changes.
Sufficientinname on
2029, over supply of house causes collapse. Of the housing market.
Sharp_Fuel on
So… half the the amount we need just to keep pace with demand?
such_is_lyf on
Didn’t they promise 60k in that election we had all those many couple of weeks ago?
Trabolgan on
Output grows every year because of the new flywheel that is the new state agencies created over the past five years.
I work in this space. Here’s an example.
Builder starts on 1,600 homes in Donabate.
Govt agency drives out to the site. “How could this be faster?”
Builder says “we need Irish water to help us connect to the water grid faster”
Govt agency goes to Irish water. “What’s the hold up?”
Irish water says “We need more people, but the only people with this skill need a 4-year engineering degree, and then a masters”
And because that’s silly, this skill gets baked into 3-year dip and degree courses.
Buuut you still have to modify the college course, hire somebody to teach it, and then they have to actually do the course and graduate.
Which is what takes so long. In 2-4 years we’ll have the first crop of people who can help accelerate housing, and that number of grads will grow every year. Which is why it’ll take a few years to get to 60k.
It’s an actual system, Ireland hasn’t ever had one before because it didn’t need one. But now we have an actual system for housing output.
hmmm_ on
Houses maybe, but I see a lot of apartments finishing and not a lot being started. We can’t coat the country in semi-Ds, we have to start building density within our cities, and at least some of that will require a change in planning to stop people in low-density housing objecting.
AbradolfLincler77 on
Fuck off. Been promising shit they never deliver for as long as I can remember. Nothing is going to change.
Massive-Foot-5962 on
Key takeaway from that article – we are building at the three fastest rate in Europe, and next year we’ll be building at the fastest rate in Europe. There might be a backlog, but this is what success looks like.
My key concern – Bord Pleanala has only approved 30,000 homes this year, so we are going to run out of permissions to build on. We really need that organisation to up its game.
AfroF0x on
How many will reach the sales market though?
SoLong1977 on
If we continue to import more people than we build for, the problem just keeps worsening.
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Ireland is forecast to deliver the strongest rate of new housing completions across 19 European countries this year as it scrambles to reach completion targets.
Data from the EY-Euroconstruct monitor shows the level of housing completions per 1,000 of the population in Ireland at 5.9 in 2024, rising to 7.0 next year.
These levels are forecast to be more than 80% above the European average this year and 127% above the average in 2025.
Overall, Irish construction output — including non-residential and civil engineering — is forecast to grow by 1.4% in 2024 and by 6% in 2025, the highest in the Euroconstruct area.
We’re out the door with LDA work in our place. Planning is a big issue. One job was in planning for 9 months. Another was held up because the architect forgot to include a small bike shed on his plans.
We’re on the right track
The night is darkest before the dawn
These never seem to include the number of houses being rebuilt due to defective blocks. So never clear if the number of new houses is lower, or overall units completed is actually higher.
And immigration to break above 100,000 🤣
What % of that will ultimately be build to rent though. Numbers are meaningless if we allow funds to bulk purchase and keep citizens off the property ladder.
The house building industry is gradually starting to recover after the crash.
I do think the issue will eventually get resolved, it’s just taking a very long time for it to happen. Hopefully output continues to increase and we can finally start digging into the overall deficit.
Yet somehow rents will increase, average house prices will increase and we’ll be having the same conversations in 5 years time.
We need dramatic changes.
2029, over supply of house causes collapse. Of the housing market.
So… half the the amount we need just to keep pace with demand?
Didn’t they promise 60k in that election we had all those many couple of weeks ago?
Output grows every year because of the new flywheel that is the new state agencies created over the past five years.
I work in this space. Here’s an example.
Builder starts on 1,600 homes in Donabate.
Govt agency drives out to the site. “How could this be faster?”
Builder says “we need Irish water to help us connect to the water grid faster”
Govt agency goes to Irish water. “What’s the hold up?”
Irish water says “We need more people, but the only people with this skill need a 4-year engineering degree, and then a masters”
And because that’s silly, this skill gets baked into 3-year dip and degree courses.
Buuut you still have to modify the college course, hire somebody to teach it, and then they have to actually do the course and graduate.
Which is what takes so long. In 2-4 years we’ll have the first crop of people who can help accelerate housing, and that number of grads will grow every year. Which is why it’ll take a few years to get to 60k.
It’s an actual system, Ireland hasn’t ever had one before because it didn’t need one. But now we have an actual system for housing output.
Houses maybe, but I see a lot of apartments finishing and not a lot being started. We can’t coat the country in semi-Ds, we have to start building density within our cities, and at least some of that will require a change in planning to stop people in low-density housing objecting.
Fuck off. Been promising shit they never deliver for as long as I can remember. Nothing is going to change.
Key takeaway from that article – we are building at the three fastest rate in Europe, and next year we’ll be building at the fastest rate in Europe. There might be a backlog, but this is what success looks like.
My key concern – Bord Pleanala has only approved 30,000 homes this year, so we are going to run out of permissions to build on. We really need that organisation to up its game.
How many will reach the sales market though?
If we continue to import more people than we build for, the problem just keeps worsening.