Housing construction - March 2015
A A AIn the period of three months of 2015 there were less dwellings completed than the year before. The number of dwellings for which permits have been granted increased but the number of dwellings in which construction has begun decreased (against an increase the year before). According to preliminary data, in the period of January-March of 2015, 31817 dwellings were completed, i.e. by 10.6% less compared with the same period of 2014 in which a drop was recorded by 4.2%. In the period of three months of 2015, the number of dwellings for which building permits have been granted amounted to 38447, i.e. by 13.3% more than in corresponding period of 2014 (against an increase by 15.5% the year before). The number of dwellings in which construction has begun decreased to 31809, i.e. by 1.3% (against an increase by 49.4% the year before).