The figure is a massive increase on the same period last year.
Construction has began on over 1,500 homes in the midlands in the first ten months of the year.
Laois accounts for the largest number of those, at more than 600 - that's a 30% increase on the same period last year.
There's been a record number of commencements this year in Westmeath, with development beginning on 560 houses - that's up 159%.
While Offaly has seen a 53% increase in 2023, at 354.
Across the country, construction has began on over 26 thousand homes so far this year, up 16% on last year's figure.
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