Polish home completions down in January: stats office

Builders in Poland completed 8 percent fewer homes in January than in the same month last year, the country's statistics office has reported.

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Around 14,700 housing units were completed nationwide in the first month of this year, the state-run Statistics Poland (GUS) agency said.

In January 2026 8.0% less dwellings were completed than in the previous year. However, the number of dwellings for which building permits were issued or construction projects were submitted decreased.#StatisticsPoland pic.twitter.com/WJSlnJjHum

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) February 19, 2026

It added that the number of housing starts last month, at around 12,300, was 28.6 percent lower than in the same period a year earlier.

Meanwhile, overall output in Poland’s construction-and-assembly sector decreased by 12.8 percent in January in year-on-year terms, while falling by 10.8 percent month on month, the state-run statistics agency also reported.

According to preliminary data construction and assembly production was in January 2026 lower by 12.8% compared to January 2025. Excluding the impact of seasonal factors, there was it decrease by 10.8% compared to January 2025.

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— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) February 19, 2026

Builders completed around 208,800 new homes in Poland last year, 4.3 percent more than in 2024, Statistics Poland said last month in a preliminary estimate.

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Source: IAR, PAP, stat.gov.pl