House commencements rebound in Louth in August

House commencements rebounded in Louth in August, following a fall in the previous two months, according to the latest figures released today by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.

Work began on 198 new homes in Louth in August, up from 109 in July and nine in June. The figure in August is also significantly higher than the 67 commencements in Louth in August of last year. So far this year, work commenced on 1,772 homes in Louth, a figure higher than the 1,118 commenced in the whole of 2023.

Of the 198 commencements in Louth, four were one off houses, down from eight in July, and also down from nine in August 2023. So far this year, work commenced on 78 one off houses in Louth, up from 55 during the same period last year.

Nationally, there were 2,264 homes commenced in August 2024. For the first eight months of 2024 (January-August), there were 37,622 homes commenced. This is a 76% increase on the 21,316 in those months in 2023.

Of all units commenced in the first eight months of 2024, 34% were in the four Dublin local authorities. By Local authority, the most units commenced this year so far have been in Dublin City (5,321) followed by Fingal (3,612) and Cork City (3,598). The lowest number of units commenced have been in Leitrim (52), Longford (83) and Roscommon (131).