In 2022, 43,660 construction permits were issued for residential buildings, down 14.9 percent compared to 2021, according to the National Institute of Statistics.
In December 2022, 2,691 building permits for residential buildings were issued, down by 15.4 percent compared to November 2022 and by 32.9 percent compared to December 2021. Of the total number of building permits for buildings residential 68.7 percent are for the rural area.
In December 2022, 565 building permits for non-residential buildings were issued, 2.9 percent more than in November 2022. In territorial terms, this increase is reflected in the following development regions: South-Muntenia, South-East, South-West Oltenia and North-East. Decreases were recorded in the following development regions: West, Center, Bucharest-Ilfov and North-West.
