Housing permits soar in January – GUS

In January, the number of dwellings in which construction has started soared y/y by 24.5 percent to 13,949, according to data released by the Central Statistics Office (GUS), in m/m terms it dropped by 16.9 percent. Moreover, the number of dwellings completed dropped by 11.7 percent y/y to 13,561. The number of housing permits issued in January grew by 38.7 percent to  20,783.