Housing demand increases by 17% year-on-yearBy Cillian Sherlock, PADemand for housing across Ireland is up 17 per cent over the last 12 months, according to research by property website Daft.ie. The website said demand for new homes in May 2023 is up a “staggering” 114 per cent compared to May 2022. The demand for new housing in Meath is up 29 per cent, Limerick and Offaly both saw a demand increase of 26 per cent, while housing demand in Louth is 25 per cent higher than a year ago. Homes with a listed price of between €400,000-600,000 saw the largest increase in demand of 38 per cent. Demand was assessed through the growth and change in enquiries sent on property listings across their property sales section of the website.

Source: Irish Independent June 02, 2023 06:33 UTC