House commencements in Louth this year already surpassing total for 2022

The total number of residential units on which construction has started in Louth so far this year has already surpassed the total number for last year, according to data released by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.

The Department has published its monthly data on the number of Commencements Notices (residential construction starts) for September 2023 and it shows that in Louth last month, commencement began on 63 residential units, down from 67 in August but the same number of commencements that took place in September of last year.

So far this year, work began on 950 residential units in Louth, up from 809 units in the whole of 2022. Of this seven were single residential units, or one off houses. 

Nationally, the data shows Commencement Notices for 2,607 new homes were received by Building Control Authorities in September 2023. This is an increase of 18% on the number of new homes commenced in the same month last year (2,211 units).

The strong uptick in commencements this year has continued and 23,923 homes have been commenced in the first nine months of 2023. This is a 14.3% increase on the same period last year (20,919).