Minister Browne welcomes 35% increase in home completions in second quarter of 2025
- Published on: 24 July 2025
- Last updated on: 24 July 2025
The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, James Browne has welcomed the increased home completions reflected in today’s publication by the CSO of their New Dwelling Completions Report for Q2 2025.
The report shows that there were 9,214 new dwelling completions in April, May, and June (Q2) 2025, a rise of 35% on the same three months of 2024. This is the second consecutive quarter that an increase in completions has been reported.
Commenting on the figures, Minister Browne emphasised:
“Supply is central to dealing with all the key challenges in housing, so the figures published today are a welcome development and will be of huge benefit to the families and individuals who will live in these homes.
“Nonetheless, this government remains committed to achieving its ambitious housing targets and I am determined to accelerate the pace of delivery to ensure even more substantial progress in the period ahead.
“There is no single solution to our housing challenges, a multi-faceted approach is required. This is why this government has implemented planning reforms to extend permissions for developments approaching the end of their timeframe, introduced targeted measures to increase rental supply and attract investment in the residential sector, and rolled out new supports to assist both prospective homebuyers and renters.”
Other highlights in today’s CSO data include:
- there were 9,214 new dwelling completions in April, May, and June (Q2) 2025, a rise of 35% on the same three months of 2024
- apartment completions in Q2 2025 stood at 3,053, more than double the number of completions in Q2 2024
- there were 4,643 scheme dwelling completions in Q2 2025, an increase of 17% from Q2 2024
- the number of single dwellings completed in Q2 2025 was 1,518, up 13% from Q2 2024
- more than half of completions (50%) were scheme dwellings, 33% were apartments, and 17% were single dwellings
- there was an increase in completions from Q2 2024 to Q2 2025 in six of the eight regions of Ireland, including an 85% rise in Dublin to 3,822 completions