The number of homes put into use in Romania, in the first semester of the year, was down by over 6,100 units, compared to the same period in 2023, according to the National Institute of Statistics.
In the analyzed period, 25,936 homes were put into use, down by 6,141 homes, compared to the same period of the previous year. In terms of residential areas, most new homes were in urban areas, with a 56.1 percent share of the total.
The distribution of completed housing by financing sources reveals that, in the first semester of 2024, compared to the first semester of 2023, the number of homes built from private funds decreased (-6,386 homes), but the number of homes built from public funds increased (+245 of housing).
INS data reveal the fact that, until the end of June this year, as a regional distribution, there was a decrease in the number of completed homes in all development regions: Bucharest – Ilfov (-2,193 homes), South-East (-1,494), Center (-926), North-East (-779), South-Muntenia (-370), West (-222), South-West Oltenia (-106) and North-West (-51).