Record number of home commencements in Mayo for first quarter of 2024

THE Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage has published its monthly data on the number of commencements notices (residential construction starts) for the first quarter of 2024.

The data shows that in the first three months of this year, there have been commencement notices for 161 homes in Mayo, a 71% increase on the same period in 2023 (94 units) and a record for the period since the data series began in 2015.

Construction started on almost 12,000 new homes nationally in the first three months, January to March this year, up 63% from 2023 and the highest number since records began in 2015.

Reflecting on the figures and progress made, Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Alan Dillon, said: “These figures show that a robust stock of new housing supply is in the pipeline for Mayo.

“It’s clear a number of supports to make home building viable and boost housing supply are working to deliver homes for people.

“The trends are strong but we are not complacent and we will continue to use every tool available to us to build on this momentum.”