Housing construction a) January-October 2014
A A AAccording to preliminary data, in the period of January-October 2014, 114235 dwellings were completed, i.e. by 2.0% less than in the corresponding period of 2012 and by 5.0% less than in 2012 respectively.
In the period of ten months of 2014, the number of dwellings for which building permits have been granted amounted to 133622, i.e. by 14.2% more than in the corresponding period 2013 (in which a drop by 17.2% was recorded). The number of dwellings in which the construction has begun also increased to 129020, i.e. by 15.6% against a drop by 12.1% the year before.
The highest share (54.2%) in the total number of dwellings completed was attributed to private investors who in January-October of 2014 constructed 61947 dwellings, i.e. by 7.0% less than the year before. Compared to the corresponding period of January-October 2013, within this group of investors a drop was recorded in terms of the number of building permits granted to 65688 dwellings, i.e. by 0.8% (against a drop by 13.2% the year before), while the number of dwellings in which construction has begun increased to 67286 dwellings, i.e. by 3.0% (a drop by 10.4% the last year).
Developers, in the period of ten months of 2014, completed 45888 dwellings (which constituted 40.2% of the total number of dwellings completed), i.e. by 3.6% more than in corresponding period of 2013. Investors building for sale or rent received building permits for 64801 dwellings, i.e. by 38.8% more than the year before (in which a drop by 23.0% was recorded). The number of dwellings in which construction has begun increased to 58485 dwellings, i.e. by 34.8% (a drop by 13.2% the year before).
Housing cooperatives in the period of ten months of 2014, completed 2836 dwellings, i.e. by 0.9% less than the year before. The number of dwellings in which construction has begun decreased to 1073 dwellings, i.e. by 2.2% (against a drop by 39.9% the year before). The number of dwellings for which building permits have been granted increased to 1243 dwellings, i.e. by 32.0% (against a drop by 44.1% the year before).
Other investors (municipal, public building society and company construction) in the period of ten months of 2014 completed 3564 dwellings, i.e. by 27.0% more than in 2013. In this period, 1778 dwellings were completed in municipal construction against 1488 dwellings the year before, in public building society construction - 1394 dwellings against 1096 dwellings the year before, while in company construction - 392 dwellings against 223 dwellings in the corresponding period of 2013.The number of dwellings in which construction has begun increased to 2176, i.e. by 20.1%, while the number of dwellings for which permits have been granted decreased in this group of investors to 1890, i.e. by 40.1%.
- Residence data – subject to change upon developing quarterly reports