July Was Busiest Month For Houses Built In Wicklow.

Latest figures released by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage reveal that building began on 1,490 new homes in Wicklow during 2023

Latest figures released by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage reveal that building began on 1,490 new homes in Wicklow during 2023, representing a 34pc rise on the same period in 2022.July was the busiest month for commencement notices for residential units in Wicklow with 284 registered, followed by October (214) and January (211), while the lowest number of commencement notices were issued in December (13) and June (27).

Nationally, the data shows that between January and December 2023, 32,801 commencement notices for new homes were received by the Building Control Authorities. This is the highest number of annual commencements on record, an increase of over 21.5pc compared to 2022 (26,957) and is the highest number of annual residential commencements since records began in 2014.Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien said: “These impressive figures indicate that supply, which is key to addressing our housing needs, continues to increase and that a robust stock of new housing is in the pipeline."The Government initiatives which we introduced last year, such as the development levy waiver and the Irish Water rebatem are clearly having a positive impact of the viability of projects. Combined with the supports for first-time buyers such as Help-to-Buy and the First Home Scheme we can really see momentum building.