State faces massive challenge to ramp up scale despite softening rules on design standards
The Government wants to increase the number of homes built every year, but just 1pc of developers can produce more than 300 houses a year in Ireland. Stock photo: Getty
Nine out of 10 Irish developers are delivering fewer than 50 houses a year, new research has found, underlining the extent of the challenge facing Government in hitting its targets.
The small and “micro” developers typically operate within narrowly defined geographic areas and within certain market segments, according to the research by KPMG for Home Building Finance Ireland (HBFI), a state body.
