There are currently just 14,000 properties listed for sale on the company’s website.’s latest quarterly report, said an overall decline in Irish house prices this year still “cannot be ruled out, given the prospect of further ECB rate hikes”. However, he said an annual drop in values now appears less likely.
“We have left our forecast for asking price inflation unchanged at 1.5 per cent through 2023 but have revised up our forecast for housing completions to 29,500,” he said. Davy previously estimated that completions would fall to 27,500 units this year from almost 30,000 in 2022.Separately, a new report suggests activity in the Irish construction sector expanded in June for the first time since last September.
The BNB Paribas Real Estate Ireland construction purchasing managers’ index rose to 50.4 in June from 49.4 in May, the company said. A reading above 50 indicates that activity is growing. John McCartney, head of research at BNP Paribas Real Estate Ireland, said the increase “has been coming for a while, with building firms consistently reporting increased new orders and staffing levels since the start of this year”.
Still, the subsector reading for housing activity was only 48.4, marking a ninth successive month of decline. Mr McCartney said the viability of apartment building amid higher constriction cost and interest rates in recent times “remains challenging” in particular. Still, he expected new home completions to reach 30,000 this year.
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