Home completions up 1.7% in Poland in first 11 months of 2022: stats office

Builders in Poland completed 1.7 percent more homes in the first 11 months of this year than in the same period in 2021, the country’s statistics office has reported.

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Around 214,200 housing units were completed nationwide between the start of January and the end of November, the state-run Statistics Poland (GUS) agency said on Wednesday.

It added that the number of housing starts from January to November, at around 190,400 in total, was 26.8 percent lower than in the same period last year.

According to preliminary data, 214,2 thous housing units were completed in January-November 2022, 1.7% more than a year ago. The usable area of completed apartments amounted to 19.7 million sqm (+ 1.3% y/y). https://t.co/gG05uvJQTe#GUS #statistics #construction #houses pic.twitter.com/9R1bDewHCK

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) December 21, 2022

Meanwhile, overall output in Poland’s construction-and-assembly sector increased by 4 percent in November in year-on-year terms, while rising 9.1 percent month on month, Statistics Poland also reported.

Acc. to preliminary data, in November 2022, #construction and #assembly #production (in constant prices) was by 4.0% higher (YoY) and by 9.1% higher as compared to October 2022. https://t.co/oYaphCcXwN#StatisticsPoland #statistics #ConstructionWorks pic.twitter.com/s1aQi03yfK

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) December 21, 2022

Around 235,000 new homes were built in Poland last year, 6.3 percent more than in 2020, according to the statistical office.

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Source: PAP, stat.gov.pl