More homes in Poland despite pandemic

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, builders in Poland completed 2.3 percent more homes in the first seven months of this year than in the same period in 2020, the country’s Central Statistical Office (GUS) has reported.

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Around 123,500 housing units were completed nationwide between the start of January and the end of July, the office said.

According to the preliminary data, 123.5 thousand #dwellings were completed in the period of January-July 2021, i.e. by 2.3% more than in the same period of 2020.

More: https://t.co/CCVG72rklx#StatisticsPoland #statistics #ResidentialConstruction #construction #home pic.twitter.com/uFUezdBgGI

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) August 20, 2021

It added that the number of housing starts from January to July, at around 170,500, was 40.1 percent higher than in the same period last year.

Meanwhile, overall output in Poland’s construction-and-assembly sector rose by 3.3 percent in July in year-on-year terms, while decreasing by 4.7 percent month on month, the state-run statistics agency also reported.

Acc. to preliminary data, in July 2021, #construction and #assembly #production (in constant prices) was by 3,3% higher YoY and by 4,7% lower as compared to June 2021.https://t.co/4OKynygO5E#StatisticsPoland #statistics #ConstructionWorks pic.twitter.com/Wkhk7dkUxT

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) August 20, 2021

The Polish economy grew 10.9 percent in the second quarter of this year, after contracting 0.9 percent in the first quarter, the country’s Central Statistical Office (GUS) said this month in a flash estimate.

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Source: PAP, stat.gov.pl