Short-term indicators
Construction and housing

Building permits in building construction
Total (including work on existing buildings)
% changes on the previous year
Year, month Buildings/
construction
work

Number

Dwellings


Number

Living floor space


1,000 m2
Estimated building costs

1,000 EUR
2025 Feb -5.8 -2.3 -6.0 -4.7
Jan 3.5 6.9 3.4 8.0
2024 Dec 0.8 5.1 2.5 2.7
Nov -5.4 -13.0 -12.0 -8.4
Oct -3.4 -18.0 -15.9 -11.1
Sep -13.9 -23.1 -26.6 -19.5
Aug -8.4 -6.8 -8.6 0.8
Jul -10.5 -19.2 -18.6 -12.3
Jun -16.4 -19.0 -22.0 -10.9
May -19.3 -24.2 -26.9 -23.3
Apr -4.3 -17.0 -12.6 7.4
Mar -18.8 -24.6 -27.1 5.8
Feb -9.0 -17.7 -18.3 -4.0
Jan -23.8 -23.3 -27.4 -15.9
2023 Dec -29.3 -35.1 -37.2 -29.0
Nov -22.0 -15.4 -21.7 -8.2
Oct -18.6 -10.7 -19.2 4.8
Sep -25.6 -27.7 -36.6 -12.0
Aug -24.8 -30.4 -33.8 -24.0
Jul -27.3 -31.5 -35.3 -16.7
Jun -22.3 -28.5 -31.3 -12.7
May -25.6 -25.9 -30.4 -10.3
Apr -29.8 -31.9 -37.4 -30.2
Mar -25.9 -29.6 -30.5 -22.7
Feb -24.7 -20.6 -26.5 -9.7
Jan -18.6 -26.0 -27.3 -17.0
2022 Dec -21.6 -18.1 -20.2 2.9
Nov -15.1 -16.3 -17.9 -3.6
Oct -18.1 -14.2 -16.6 -12.6
Sep -10.9 -9.1 -1.3 0.8
Aug -14.9 -9.4 -10.6 2.5
Jul -9.7 -2.2 -2.7 1.8
Jun -14.9 -4.5 -7.7 1.8
May -0.9 -2.1 2.2 17.0
Apr -7.7 5.1 2.6 16.7
Mar -22.3 -8.9 -17.0 -0.6
Feb -6.8 -6.6 -7.5 5.5
Jan -3.0 7.2 4.9 13.7
2021 Dec 6.4 9.2 7.1 11.6
Nov -8.8 -10.8 -10.2 0.0
Oct -7.6 -3.4 -5.0 -3.5
Sep 0.7 1.8 -1.7 8.8
Aug 8.7 -1.6 2.6 15.9
Jul 0.5 0.3 -2.7 10.9
Jun 7.9 -7.2 -0.3 0.0
May 6.2 2.6 3.7 4.7
Apr 3.2 -2.2 -1.6 -0.2
Mar 43.9 32.9 40.8 34.5
Feb 22.3 23.6 27.9 14.5
Jan 11.1 2.4 4.9 5.1
2020 Dec 8.4 -11.0 -2.9 1.1
Nov 15.4 8.9 16.5 6.5
Oct 6.4 -3.6 1.8 8.0
Sep 4.0 0.9 4.6 -0.1
Aug 0.3 -1.4 -2.9 -7.6
Jul 0.6 -1.8 -1.3 -3.0
Jun 15.1 22.4 16.6 8.8
May -5.3 2.4 -3.1 5.2
Apr 3.1 0.4 2.4 11.3
Mar 5.8 9.4 7.8 13.2
Feb -0.6 9.2 2.1 13.0
Jan -2.0 -0.3 -0.3 8.1

As at 17 April 2025