Construction: building permits and completed buildings
Construction keeps downward trend
- 2nd Quarter 2012
13 September 2012
Summary
Building permits underlined the downward trend in the second quarter of 2012. The number of building permits registered an annual average reduction of 13.3%, settling at 5 200 buildings. All the observed variables registered the lowest figures since the 1st quarter of 2001.
The number of completed buildings increased by 0.9%, settling at 6 200 buildings. Vis-à-vis the previous quarter, the number of building permits declined by 7.5% and completed buildings decreased by 12.5%.