Polish home builders busy in H1 2022: stats office

Builders in Poland completed 3.8 percent more homes in the first half of this year than in the same period in 2021, the country’s Central Statistical Office (GUS) has reported.

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Around 109,400 housing units were completed nationwide between the start of January and the end of June, the office said on Thursday.

It added that the number of housing starts in the first six months of this year, at around 119,700 in total, was 17.2 percent lower than in the same period last year.

According to the preliminary data, 109.4 thousand #dwellings were completed in the period of January-June 2022, i.e. by 3.8% more than in the same period of 2021. https://t.co/W0Cd1mlvU9#StatisticsPoland #statistics #ResidentialConstruction #construction #home pic.twitter.com/nhr7ThmvjR

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) July 21, 2022

Meanwhile, overall output in Poland’s construction-and-assembly sector increased by 5.9 percent in June in year-on-year terms, while rising 5.3 percent month on month, the state-run statistics agency also reported.

Acc. to preliminary data, in June 2022, #construction and #assembly #production (in constant prices) was by 5.9% higher (YoY) and by 5.3% higher as compared to May 2022. https://t.co/kHDNE4Upbw#StatisticsPoland #statistics #ConstructionWorks pic.twitter.com/c0HyMjG8CJ

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) July 21, 2022

Around 235,000 new homes were built in Poland last year, 6.3 percent more than in 2020, according to the Central Statistical Office.

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Source: PAP, stat.gov.pl