New home completions in Louth ramp up in first quarter
CSO: New Dwelling Completions Q1 2026
There was a huge increase in the first three months of this year in the number of home completions in Louth, compared to the same period last year, according to the latest figures released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO).
449 new homes were completed in the first quarter (Q1) of this year in Louth, more than double the 215 completed in the first quarter of 2025 in Louth.
1,540 homes were completed in Louth in total last year, including 583 in the last quarter of 2025. It is up from 1,170 in 2024, and 1,081 in 2023.
In the A91 Dundalk area, 182 new homes were completed in Q1 of this year, up close to three times the 65 completed in Q1 2025. 649 new homes in total were completed in Dundalk last year, up from 453 in 2024.
In the A92 Drogheda area, 270 new homes were completed in the first quarter of this year, up from 253 in Q1 2025. 1,204 new homes in total were completed in Drogheda last year, up from 1,042 in 2024.
Nationally, new dwelling completions in Q1 2026 were up almost 33% compared with Q1 2025. There were 7,856 new dwelling completions in Q1 2026, a rise of 32.9% on the same three months of 2025 and the highest number of Q1 completions since the series began in 2011.
Apartment completions in Q1 2026 were 2,355, up 33.3% from Q1 2025. There were 4,082 scheme dwelling completions in Q1 2026, up 34.5% from Q1 2025. The number of single dwellings completed in Q1 2026 was 1,419, up 27.8% from Q1 2025.
52% of completions were scheme dwellings, 30% were apartments, and 18% were single dwellings. There was an increase in completions from Q1 2025 to Q1 2026 in all regions of Ireland, including a 58% rise in the Border region.