Housing construction - August 2015
A A AIn the period of eight months of 2015 there were less dwellings completed than the year before. The number of dwellings for which permits have been granted or which have been registered with a construction project and the number of dwellings in which construction has begun increased.
According to preliminary data, in the period of January-August of 2015, 87872 dwellings were completed, i.e. by 1.1% less compared with the same period of 2014, in which a drop was recorded by 2.8%. In the period of eight months of 2015, the number of dwellings for which building permits have been granted or which have been registered with a construction project amounted to 119288, i.e. by 12.7% more than in corresponding period of 2014 (against an increase by 15.6% the year before). The number of dwellings in which construction has begun increased to 110699, i.e. by 11.3% (against an increase by 16.5% the year before).
The highest share (58.7%) in the total number of dwellings completed was attributed to private investors who in the period of January-August of 2015 constructed 51546 dwellings, i.e. by 4.4% more than the year before. Compared to January-August of 2014, within this group of investors an increase was recorded in the number of dwellings for which building permits have been granted or which have been registered with a construction project – to 58876 dwellings, i.e. by 13.5% (against a drop by 0.9% the last year). The number of dwellings in which construction has begun also increased to 55064 dwellings, i.e. by 2.4% (against an increase by 3.5% the year before).