More homes in Poland

Builders in Poland completed 5.2 percent more homes in the first three quarters of this year than in the same period in 2020, the country’s Central Statistical Office (GUS) has reported.

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Around 164,400 housing units were completed nationwide between the start of January and the end of September, the office said.

According to the preliminary data, 164.4 thousand dwellings were completed in the period of January-September 2021, i.e. by 5.2% more than in the period of January-September 2020. Average useful floor area of 1 dwelling was 93.7 m2. https://t.co/ekMjOkMbLh#StatisticsPoland pic.twitter.com/PGS3SshGFK

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) October 21, 2021

It added that the number of housing starts from January to September, at around 216,400, was 29.3 percent higher than in the same period last year.

Meanwhile, overall output in Poland’s construction-and-assembly sector rose by 4.3 percent in September in year-on-year terms, while increasing by 9.3 percent month on month, the state-run statistics agency also reported.

Acc. to preliminary data, in September 2021, #construction and #assembly #production (in constant prices) was by 4.3% higher YoY and by 9.3% higher as compared to August 2021. https://t.co/Swtit4tgll#StatisticsPoland #statistics #ConstructionWorks pic.twitter.com/AZbNDkaB84

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) October 21, 2021

The Polish economy grew 11.1 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 last month in a preliminary estimate.

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Source: IAR, PAP, stat.gov.pl