site.btaQ4 New Residential Buildings in 2021 Increase by 43.2% Year-on-Year
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Q4 New Residential Buildings in 2021
Increase by 43.2%
Year-on-Year
Sofia, February 7 (BTA) - According to preliminary data from the National Statistical Institute, there were 1,329 newly built residential buildings in the last quarter of 2021, comprising 6,430 housing units. Compared to the same quarter of 2020, the number of residential buildings has increased by 401 or by 43.2 per cent. The number of housing units has increased by 2,121 or 49.2 per cent.
The majority of the new residential buildings, or 76.3 per cent, were made of reinforced concrete, 20.5 per cent were brick-built, 0.8 per cent were plattenbau, and 2.4 per cent were other.
Newly built houses were the largest share of residential buildings (73.9 per cent), followed by building cooperatives (18.7 per cent). The number of new houses, building cooperatives, summer houses and others has increased compared to the last quarter of 2020.
The largest number of new residential buildings were built in Sofia City (235 buildings with 2,173 housing units), Plovdiv (175 buildings with 460 housing units), and Varna (162 buildings with 1,186 housing units).
Two-room apartments (41.9 per cent) were the largest share, followed by three-room ones (32.8 per cent). Six-room apartments or bigger were the smallest share (3.9 per cent).
The total useful floor space of new residential buildings in the last quarter of 2021 was 618,400 square metres or 48.5 per cent more than this time the year before. The living area has increased by 53.7 per cent, reaching 492,100 sq m.
The average useful floor space of a new building in the last quarter of 2021 was 96.6 sq m, nearly unchanged from 96.2 sq m a year earlier. /RY/NZ
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LN1439ES.112
112 ECONOMY - STATISTICS - HOUSING UNITS
Q4 New Residential Buildings in 2021
Increase by 43.2%
Year-on-Year
Sofia, February 7 (BTA) - According to preliminary data from the National Statistical Institute, there were 1,329 newly built residential buildings in the last quarter of 2021, comprising 6,430 housing units. Compared to the same quarter of 2020, the number of residential buildings has increased by 401 or by 43.2 per cent. The number of housing units has increased by 2,121 or 49.2 per cent.
The majority of the new residential buildings, or 76.3 per cent, were made of reinforced concrete, 20.5 per cent were brick-built, 0.8 per cent were plattenbau, and 2.4 per cent were other.
Newly built houses were the largest share of residential buildings (73.9 per cent), followed by building cooperatives (18.7 per cent). The number of new houses, building cooperatives, summer houses and others has increased compared to the last quarter of 2020.
The largest number of new residential buildings were built in Sofia City (235 buildings with 2,173 housing units), Plovdiv (175 buildings with 460 housing units), and Varna (162 buildings with 1,186 housing units).
Two-room apartments (41.9 per cent) were the largest share, followed by three-room ones (32.8 per cent). Six-room apartments or bigger were the smallest share (3.9 per cent).
The total useful floor space of new residential buildings in the last quarter of 2021 was 618,400 square metres or 48.5 per cent more than this time the year before. The living area has increased by 53.7 per cent, reaching 492,100 sq m.
The average useful floor space of a new building in the last quarter of 2021 was 96.6 sq m, nearly unchanged from 96.2 sq m a year earlier. /RY/NZ
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