GUS: apartment completions up 14.4% in H1

Approximately 94,700 apartments were completed in Poland in the first half of this year, 14.4% more than in the same period of last year, according to preliminary data published by the Central Statistical Office (GUS). The number of apartments that came under construction increased y/y in H1 2019, while the number of building permits granted and the number of building permit applications decreased. The GUS data show that the total usable area of the apartments completed in the January-June period amounted to 8.5 million sqm, a 9.4 percent increase y/y. Compared to the first half of 2018, the average usable area of one apartment decreased by 4.1 sqm, to 90.1 sqm.

(PAP)