New data from the Central Statistics Office has confirmed that over 21,000 new homes were built last year.

The number of apartments built rose by almost 60% compared to 2018, while single home builds grew by 2.5% between the fourth quarter of 2018 and the fourth quarter of 2019.

Ian Guider, markets editor of The Business Post, discussed this story the day's other business news, including:

• Credit ratings agency S&P says election outcome likely to lead to more spending in budgets
• Britain’s economy stalled at the end of 2019

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