Residential construction in the period of January-August 2019
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In the period of eight months of 2019 there were more dwellings completed than the year before. The number of dwellings in which construction has begun and the number of dwellings for which permits have been granted or which have been registered with a construction project also increased.
According to the preliminary data, 127.8 thous. dwellings were completed in the period of January-August 2019, i.e. by 10.4% more than a year ago. Developersb completed 79.5 thous. dwellings (14.3% more than in the corresponding period of the previous year), whereas private investorsb completed 44.3 thous. dwellings, i.e. by 2.0% more than in 2018. Within these forms of construction, 96.8% of a total number of completed dwellings was built. Less dwellings than
a year ago were completed within cooperative construction (1337 compared to 1425 dwellings); in other forms of construction (municipal, public building society and company construction) 2716 dwellings were completed in total, i.e. by 84.3% more than a year ago.
b Every time developers are mentioned in the news release, it means construction intended for sale or rent, that is realised by various investors with the purpose of making a profit, whereas if private investors are mentioned, it means private construction, that is realised for the use of the investor
