Last year, a total of 32,695 new homes were built in the State. Single or one-off homes made up just more than 5,500 of these. While this is a smaller share of the total than five or ten years ago, viewed another way, one-off homes have been remarkably consistent. In 2011, when just 7,000 new homes were built, there were still 4,800 one-offs. What is remarkable is just how indifferent to housing market conditions the one-off segment is. Financial crises, pandemics and everything else in between can come and go, the one-off segment will give Ireland about 5,000 homes a…

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