sentiment

Rate of construction decline eases at start of 2013

The Irish construction sector continued to contract at the start of 2013, although rates of decline in activity, new orders and employment all eased during the month and business sentiment improved. Meanwhile, the rate of input cost inflation slowed. The Ulster Bank Construction Purchasing Managers’…

Construction activity continues to fall

Building

Another fall in new orders contributed to a sharp fall in Irish construction activity in October, while business sentiment in the sector was the lowest in nearly two years The latest Ulster Bank Construction Purchasing Managers index posted 42.6 last month, up from 41.9 in…

Construction activity suffers biggest drop in a year

Building, General, Home

Construction activity fell in August at the fastest pace since September 2011, according to the latest Ulster Bank construction purchasing managers’ index. Sentiment has dropped to the weakest level since December 2010. The index posted 40.7 in August, down from 42.2 the previous month. Index…

More people opting to extend their homes, new data finds

Building, Home, Property News

People are opting to extend their homes rather than move house, new data from the first National Housing Construction Index has shown. The figures from link2plans.com, a website that tracks every planning application in the country, were released last night. It analyses planning applications, a…