The majority of the home completions were concentrated across local electoral areas in Dublin, but both Cork city and county made the top ten nationally.

30% rise in Cork city housing completions

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There was a 30% increase in homes completed in the Cork City Local Electoral Area (LEA) in the third quarter (Q3) of 2026, compared to the same period in 2025.

In Q3 2025, there were 495 homes completed in Cork City, while during the same period this year there were 643 completed.

The figures were released by the Central Statistics Office on Thursday 29 October. A home is considered 'complete' when it has been connected to the national electricity grid.

This increase is almost twice the median average increase nationally, which stood at 15.1%.

Cork city ranked only slightly higher than the Cork County LEA during this period, with the area outside the city seeing an increase on 29.3%.

Cork city and Cork county ranked sixth and seventh in the country in terms of homes completed in Q3 2026. However, the majority of home completions were concentrated in the Dublin City Council area, which saw twice the number of completions as Cork.

Of the homes completed, the majority were apartments. There were 398 apartments completed in the Cork City Council area, compared to just 14 in Cork County Council.

This was significantly more than were delivered in Cork city in the same period in 2025 - this year saw a 259% increase.

However, this was reversed when it comes to single houses. In Q3 2026, there were 188 single houses delivered in Cork county, compared to just 10 in Cork city. This was a reduction compared to Q3 2025 of 33% in Cork city.

Finally, Cork city saw a decrease in the number of houses delivered as part of schemes in Q3 2026 compared to the same period in 2025.

There were 235 houses delivered as part of schemes in Q3 2026, compared to 369 in Q3 2025, a 33% decrease.

By contrast, Cork county saw a 33% increase, from 365 to 496.

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage James Browne TD said that increases were encouraging. "While this progress is encouraging, I am taking nothing for granted, but as a key indicator of where we are at, it demonstrates that our policies are translating into real progress on the ground, delivering more homes and putting keys in people's hands.

"Momentum is strong, but we cannot ease off. As Minister, I will continue to take every action necessary to increase housing supply and build on this progress will into next year and beyond," he said.

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