July monthly commencement data published

The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage has published its monthly data on the number of Commencement Notices received (residential construction starts) for July 2025.

The data shows that 1,059 commencement notices for new homes were lodged in July 2025.

On a rolling 12-month basis (August 2024 to July 2025) 40,124 commencement notices were received.

Of the 1,059 commencement notices lodged in July, 35% are scheme dwellings, 26% are apartments and 39% are for one-off homes.

Of all the 7,384 commencement notices the first seven months of 2025 (Jan- July), 29% were in the four Dublin local authorities. By Local authority, the most homes commenced were in Dublin City (1,459) followed by Cork County (628) and Limerick (461).

The full commencement data set can be accessed here.

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