There were 4,920 new dwelling completions in Q2 2019. This compares with 4,400 completions for Q2 2018, an increase of 11.8%. 

In the first half of 2019 there were 9,185 new dwelling completions. This is a 16.8% increase on the same period of 2018, 7,867 completions. 

The Q2 data for 2019 also shows that:

• The number of scheme dwellings completed rose slightly, from 2,763 to 2,834, an increase of 2.6%, between Q2 2018 and Q2 2019;
• Single dwellings increased by 15.5% between Q1 2018 and Q1 2019, from 1,150 to 1,328;
• There was a 55.6% increase in apartments completed in Q2 2019 compared with Q2 2018, rising from 487 to 758;
• Of all new dwelling completions in Q2 2019, scheme dwellings make up 57.6%, while 27.0% were single dwellings and 15.4% were apartments. See Table 1.