Home completions up in Poland

Builders in Poland completed 4 percent more homes in the first 10 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 184,400 housing units were completed nationwide between the start of January and the end of October, the office said.

According to the preliminary data, 184.4 thousand #dwellings were completed in the period of January - October 2021, i.e. by 4.0% more than a year ago. The total useful floor area of dwellings amounted to 17.2 million m2 (+9.6% YoY).https://t.co/pmeWeivUtn#StatisticsPoland pic.twitter.com/pzBn25UVJh

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) November 23, 2021

It added that the number of housing starts from January to October, at around 239,000, was 27.8 percent higher than in the same period last year.

Meanwhile, overall output in Poland’s construction-and-assembly sector rose by 4.2 percent in October in year-on-year terms, while increasing by 0.4 percent month on month, the state-run statistics agency also reported.

Acc. to preliminary data, in October 2021, #construction and #assembly #production (in constant prices) was by 4.2% higher YoY and by 0.4% higher as compared to September 2021. https://t.co/Xe9c16hbcS#StatisticsPoland #statistics #ConstructionWorks pic.twitter.com/wSO8OT7Dj9

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) November 23, 2021

The Polish economy expanded by 5.1 percent in the third quarter of this year, after posting 11.2 percent growth in the second quarter, the Central Statistical Office said this month in a flash estimate.

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Source: IAR, PAP, stat.gov.pl