Housing construction - June 2010

2010-08-06







In January-June 2010 r. a total of 63,993 flats were completed (including 2,605 in housing cooperatives, 32,709 in individual construction, 25,540 dwellings built for sale or rent; the remaining 3,139 comprised municipal, company and social rent housing units), which represented decline of 16% relative to corresponding period of 2009.
The most substantial increase in the number of completed flats was reported in voivodships: Opolskie (by 87.6%), Swiętokrzyskie (by 45%) and Podlaskie (by 36,5%). The sharpest decline was observed in the Malopolskie voivodship (by 39.4%). Mazowieckie was, again, the region with the largest number of new residential projects – investors completed nearly 13,600 flats there. The capital city region was followed by Wielkopolskie voivodship with over 6,500 completed dwellings and Dolnoslaskie with more than 6,200 homes completed.
During the first six months of 2010, developers obtained permits to construct 28,500 housing units, i.e. 13.1% less relative to the previous year whereas the number of building permits secured by individual investors fell by 2.7% year on year to 50,100. Throughout the country, in the analysed period, all investors obtained construction permits for 82,100 housing units (a 9% decline compared to January-June 2009) and commenced work on 81,100 dwellings (increase by 19.5%).
In terms of the number of dwellings completed per 1,000 residents, the Pomorskie voivodship noted 2.72 housing units per 1,000 inhabitants, and Mazowieckie region followed with 2.60. Dolnoslaskie took the third place with 2.16 dwellings per 1,000 residents. The lowest ratios were noted in voivodships: Swietokrzyskie (0.87 housing units per 1,000 residents) and Slaskie (0.95 dwellings per 1,000 residents). The national average ratio stood at 1.68, while in January-June 2009 it was 1.99, and 1.78 in January-June 2008.

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