In the second quarter of 2019, local administrations issued permits for the construction of 1,591 residential buildings with 8,456 dwellings and 1,078,441 sq. m gross building area, of 31 administrative buildings/offices with 62,141 sq. m gross building area and 1,168 other buildings with 588, 731 sq. m gross building area said the National Statistical Institute in a press release.
Compared to the previous quarter, the building permits issued for residential buildings increased by 27.6%, the number of their dwellings by 8.0%, and the gross building area – by 4.4%. Building permits issued for administrative buildings increased by 10.7%, while their gross building area decreased by 7.8%. An increase of 1.7% was registered in the permits issued for construction of other buildings and 5.1% for their gross building area.
The highest number of building permits for new residential buildings was issued in the following regions: Plovdiv – 263, Sofia (city) – 237, Burgas – 147, Varna – 145 and Sofia – 122. Most dwellings are to be built in the regions: Sofia (city) – 3,646, Plovdiv – 1,279, Varna – 868, Burgas – 445, and Kardzhali – 336.

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