The Construction Employers Federation ( CEF ) has warned that a shortfall of property investment in Northern Ireland could lead to a housing bubble ; it reported that while the government has stated that 11,300 houses should be built every year in order to house the population , this is over double the number of homes that were actually built last year , which was 2000 . It also said that the construction industry in the country is still significantly weak because of the property bubble of the mid-2000s .
The Construction Employers Federation (CEF) has said that a shortfall of property construction in Northern Ireland could lead to a property bubble; it reported that while the government has stated that 11,300 houses should be built every year in order to house the population, this is over double the number of homes that were actually built last year, which was 5,400. It also said that the construction industry in the country is still significantly restricted because of the property bubble of the mid-2000s.