Home completions up 2.1% in Poland in first seven months of 2022: stats office

Builders in Poland completed 2.1 percent more homes in the first seven months of this year than in the same period in 2021, the country’s statistics office has reported.

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Around 127,000 housing units were completed nationwide between the start of January and the end of July, the state-run Statistics Poland (GUS) agency said on Monday.

It added that the number of housing starts from January to July, at around 136,000 in total, was 20.2 percent lower than in the same period last year.

According to preliminary data, 127,000 dwellings were completed between January and July 2022, 2.1 % more than in the same period of 2021.https://t.co/rRzenwTFTo#GUS #statistics #housing #ConstructionHousing #building pic.twitter.com/Bm9nD3R2qR

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) August 22, 2022

Meanwhile, overall output in Poland’s construction-and-assembly sector increased by 4.2 percent in July in year-on-year terms, while falling 6.3 percent month on month, Statistics Poland also reported.

According to preliminary data, in July 2022, construction output (at constant prices) was 4.2% higher YoY and 6.3% lower than in June 2022. https://t.co/XNOZafr8lV #GUS #statistics #construction #ConstructionWork pic.twitter.com/xInDG4P68p

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) August 22, 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