Home completions down 4.3% in Poland in first 10 months of 2023: stats office

Builders in Poland completed 4.3 percent fewer homes in the first 10 months of this year than in the same period in 2022, the country’s Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported on Wednesday.

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Around 180,900 housing units were completed nationwide between the start of January and the end of October, the office said.

It added that the number of housing starts during this time, at around 158,600 in total, was 11.1 percent lower than in the same period last year.

According to preliminary data, 180.9 thousand housing units were completed from January to October 2023, down 4.3% from the same period in 2022.https://t.co/Zy5Wy6dj4D#SttaisticsPoland #statistics #housing #constructionHousing #building #houses pic.twitter.com/Atz7QCzcD1

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) November 22, 2023

Meanwhile, overall output in Poland’s construction-and-assembly sector increased by 9.8 percent in October in year-on-year terms, while rising 2.5 percent month on month, the state-run statistics agency also reported.

According to preliminary data, in October 2023, construction and assembly production was by 9,8% higher than in October 2022 and was by 2.5% higher than in September 2023.https://t.co/vCX0qab80z#StatisticsPoland #statistics #economy #production #construction pic.twitter.com/LRUnyt0mxk

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) November 22, 2023

Builders completed around 238,600 new homes in Poland last year, 1.7 percent more than in 2021, Statistics Poland estimated earlier this year.

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Source: PAP, stat.gov.pl