Between January 1 and November 30, 2022, 40,969 building permits were issued for residential buildings, down 13.3 percent compared to the same period in 2021, according to the data published by the National Institute of Statistics.
In November 2022, 3179 building permits were issued for residential buildings, down by 3.4 percent compared to October 2022 and by 18.5 percent compared to November 2021.
Of the total construction permits for residential buildings, 67.2 percent are for the rural area.
In territorial profile, this decrease is reflected in the following development regions: South-West Oltenia and West, South-Muntenia and South-East. Increases were registered in the following development regions: North-East, Bucharest-Ilfov, North-West and Centre.
