Not a Single new house registered for construction so far this Year in counties Roscommon or Leitrim
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The number of houses being built nationally has hit a record low, with fewer than 4,000 completed and only 393 having been registered to start construction in the first six months of this year.
Just 3,929 homes were built to the end of June, the lowest number since these kinds of records began in 1975. The majority were one-off houses, suggesting a return to the “bungalow blight” of the 1980s.
Indications are that the rate of construction will continue to fall with the number of houses registered with local authorities prior to construction at 393. In four counties – Cavan, Leitrim, Longford and Roscommon – no construction was registered.
