In 2020, there were more dwellings completed than the year before. The number of dwellings for which permits have been granted or which have been registered with a construction project also increased whereas the number of dwellings in which construction has begun decreased, according to Statistics Poland (GUS).According to the preliminary data, 222.0 thousand dwellings were completed in the period of January-December 2020, by 7.0 percent more than a year ago. Developers completed 143.8 thousand dwellings (by 9.4 percent more than in the corresponding period of 2019), whereas private investors completed 74.1 thousand dwellings, by 7.1 percent more. Within these forms of construction, 98.2 percent of the total number of completed dwellings was built (respectively 64.8 percent and 33.4 percent). Less dwellings than a year ago were completed within cooperative construction (1 498 compared to 2 167 dwellings) and altogether in other forms of construction like municipal, public building society and company construction (2 570 compared to 4 597). The total useful floor area of dwellings completed in 2020 amounted to 19.6 million sqm, by 6.9 percent more than in 2019 and the average useful floor area of 1 dwelling was 88.5 sqm, informed GUS.
