In my last piece, I looked at trends in the owner-occupied segment of Ireland’s housing system. The figures show a cooling in inflation that became evident in the second half of 2022 and the article then explored potential supply-side reasons for that cooling off. There is ample evidence to suggest that, in many parts of the country – and the commuter counties in particular – the lack of price increases in the second half of the year is at least in part because of the significantly improved volume of listings coming on to the market. However, the volume of homes…