Statisticians defend official housing figures

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State statisticians defended their calculation of the number of new homes built in the Republic last year following criticism that it overestimated actual supply.

The Central Statistics Office recently said that 29,851 homes were built in the Republic last year, basing its figure on the number of new dwellings connected to the electricity network. However private firm Construction Information Services this week argued that the National Building Control Office’s certification system was a better guide and that this produced a 23,751 total.READ MORE

 

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