Polish home completions down 5.1% in Q1 2025: stats office

Builders in Poland completed 5.1 percent fewer homes in the first quarter of this year than in the same period in 2024, the country’s statistics office has said in an updated report, marking a slightly deeper decline than initially estimated.

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Around 45,900 housing units were completed nationwide in the first three months of 2025, the state-run Statistics Poland (GUS) agency reported last week.

In Q1 2025, 5.1% fewer dwellings were completed than in the previous year. There has also been a decrease in the number of dwellings for which permits have been issued and for which construction has started.https://t.co/ieUV3A3H5H#StatsPoland pic.twitter.com/F75cTXeiTj

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) June 10, 2025

It also said that housing starts fell 7.3 percent year-on-year in the first quarter, to roughly 55,700 units.

In April, Statistics Poland had estimated a 4.6-percent year-on-year decline in first-quarter home completions. The revised figure underscores continued weakness in the sector.

The data come amid rising criticism that the government has failed to deliver on campaign promises to improve housing access for young Poles.

Builders completed around 200,400 new homes in Poland in 2024, a 9.4-percent decrease from the previous year, according to an estimate released earlier this year by Statistics Poland.

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Source: IAR, PAP, stat.gov.pl