More new homes in Poland: stats office

Builders in Poland completed 2 percent more homes in the first four months of this year than in the same period in 2021, the country’s Central Statistical Office (GUS) has reported.

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Around 73,500 housing units were completed nationwide between the start of January and the end of April, the office said this week.

It added that the number of housing starts in January, February, March and April, at around 73,500 in total, was 18.3 percent lower than in the same period last year.

According to the preliminary data, 73.5 thousand dwellings were completed in the period of January-April 2022, i.e. 2.0% more than in the previous year. https://t.co/aB4PFa7Vpd#StatisticsPoland #statistics #apartment #ResidentialConstruction #construction pic.twitter.com/RDT12xk9rM

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) May 23, 2022

Meanwhile, overall output in Poland’s construction-and-assembly sector increased by 9.3 percent in April in year-on-year terms, while falling by 5.9 percent month on month, the state-run statistics agency also reported.

Acc. to preliminary data, in April 2022, #construction and #assembly #production (in constant prices) was by 9.3% higher YoY and by 5.9% lower as compared to March 2022. https://t.co/qSKBBlwFLh#StatisticsPoland #statistics #ConstructionWorks pic.twitter.com/e3rizMrMkL

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) May 23, 2022

Despite the coronavirus pandemic, almost 235,000 new homes were completed in Poland last year, 6.3 percent more than in 2020, the Central Statistical Office reported earlier this year.

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Source: PAP, stat.gov.pl