Home completions up in Poland

Builders in Poland completed 9.1 percent more homes in the first month of this year than in the same month last year, the country’s statistics office has reported.

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Around 18,200 housing units were completed nationwide in January, the state-run Statistics Poland (GUS) agency said on Tuesday.

According to preliminary data, 18,2 thous dwellings were completed in January 2023, 9.1% more than in the same period of 2022.https://t.co/tVyFBEt6LH#StatisticsPoland #statistics #housing #constructionHousing #building #houses pic.twitter.com/EDAd1fAsdU

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) February 21, 2023

It added that the number of housing starts last month, at around 9,400, was 19.9 percent lower than in the same period a year earlier.

Meanwhile, overall output in Poland’s construction-and-assembly sector rose by 2.4 percent in January in year-on-year terms, while decreasing by 55.1 percent month on month, the state-run statistics agency also reported.

In January 2023 #IndustryProductionSold was 2.4% higher compared to January 2022 and 55.1% lower compared to December 2022. https://t.co/cuXeRlIyBh#StatisticsPoland #statistics #economy #industry #ProductionDynamics. pic.twitter.com/y5f4qD6Jly

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) February 21, 2023

Builders completed around 238,600 new homes in Poland last year, 1.7 percent more than in 2021, Statistics Poland said last month in a preliminary estimate.

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Source: IAR, PAP, stat.gov.pl