Official figures show another sharp drop in the number of planning permissions granted for new homes in the third quarter of this year.
The Central Statistics Office said 4,641 new homes were given permission, a drop of 45.9% compared with the same period last year. The number of new houses fell by 47.5%, while permissions for apartments were down 43.4%.
The CSO also said one-off houses accounted for just under a third of the homes granted planning permission in the three-month period at 31.1%.
In 2009, figures showed a 43.9% drop in planning permissions year-on-year in the third quarter.
