Short-term indicators
Construction and housing

Building permits in building construction
Construction of new buildings
% changes on the previous year
Year, month Buildings

Number
Dwellings

Number
Living floor space

1,000 m2
Estimated building costs

1,000 EUR
2025 Feb -3.8 -4.8 -6.8 -8.9
Jan 8.5 9.9 5.6 8.6
2024 Dec 0.5 6.0 5.7 2.0
Nov -7.9 -17.8 -15.4 -11.0
Oct -4.9 -22.7 -19.2 -15.3
Sep -14.6 -30.8 -30.3 -26.0
Aug -9.4 -8.1 -9.4 0.0
Jul -13.6 -19.9 -19.6 -9.9
Jun -22.0 -19.5 -22.9 -6.9
May -23.7 -25.4 -28.4 -26.3
Apr -11.9 -19.2 -14.7 7.3
Mar -27.1 -27.2 -29.2 8.6
Feb -17.7 -20.2 -19.8 -5.1
Jan -32.5 -27.0 -30.6 -20.2
2023 Dec -37.9 -39.4 -41.4 -33.4
Nov -30.8 -15.2 -23.7 -11.1
Oct -25.8 -10.7 -19.1 6.1
Sep -35.5 -29.3 -32.9 -12.4
Aug -35.7 -33.4 -37.0 -26.7
Jul -36.2 -35.3 -38.9 -21.5
Jun -31.2 -32.6 -35.3 -20.7
May -35.3 -30.2 -34.1 -13.1
Apr -37.5 -34.5 -40.1 -30.5
Mar -33.3 -32.7 -33.2 -26.5
Feb -30.4 -23.1 -29.5 -12.5
Jan -25.3 -28.2 -29.7 -16.3
2022 Dec -26.5 -20.1 -21.6 4.5
Nov -18.1 -16.4 -18.1 -3.5
Oct -21.3 -16.5 -19.3 -14.4
Sep -11.2 -10.1 -10.6 -1.4
Aug -13.9 -11.0 -11.2 0.1
Jul -9.0 -2.1 -2.7 2.0
Jun -12.7 -4.9 -6.9 2.9
May 3.2 -3.3 2.3 18.7
Apr -4.0 6.1 3.2 11.3
Mar -27.8 -9.4 -18.3 -1.7
Feb -10.2 -7.0 -8.1 4.8
Jan -4.7 8.9 4.9 9.0
2021 Dec 4.1 10.9 7.1 10.4
Nov -12.2 -14.3 -13.5 -2.2
Oct -9.4 -2.4 -5.2 -5.5
Sep -3.8 -0.3 -0.9 8.8
Aug 7.3 -0.6 3.0 19.1
Jul -3.3 -0.9 -4.1 10.5
Jun 0.1 -8.7 -2.8 -1.9
May -0.6 2.1 2.2 4.8
Apr -3.7 -3.7 -4.0 -3.3
Mar 50.6 37.8 43.4 38.4
Feb 21.2 23.1 27.4 17.5
Jan 10.1 -0.5 3.3 5.5
2020 Dec 8.2 -11.5 -3.5 1.2
Nov 13.7 7.9 9.0 6.4
Oct 4.4 -5.5 0.7 7.2
Sep 3.8 3.6 3.0 4.8
Aug -2.1 1.3 -2.9 -7.3
Jul -2.0 -1.1 -1.4 -2.7
Jun 16.4 24.2 17.7 9.2
May -6.5 6.4 -1.7 5.1
Apr 3.1 1.1 3.1 12.9
Mar 4.7 4.9 5.7 13.3
Feb 1.9 11.7 3.9 14.8
Jan -1.9 2.0 1.1 11.9
2019 Dec 2.3 27.0 17.3 17.8
Nov 4.5 18.5 14.9 24.2
Oct 9.1 17.9 14.5 23.0
Sep 3.9 0.9 3.6 8.2
Aug 1.4 -0.5 1.9 12.2
Jul -2.5 -9.2 -4.4 4.3
Jun -10.3 -3.8 -4.6 8.7
May 5.0 -7.8 -2.8 1.7
Apr -1.6 3.9 1.7 -10.6
Mar -2.2 -6.4 -5.1 -7.8
Feb 0.4 -11.3 -5.7 2.7
Jan 4.6 9.0 7.8 9.1
2018 Dec -6.2 -4.3 -2.8 0.7
Nov 1.6 -5.1 -2.8 2.0
Oct -0.4 -7.6 -5.9 2.2
Sep -0.1 9.1 5.3 10.0
Aug -6.5 2.1 -0.2 1.3
Jul 7.2 16.3 12.7 16.7
Jun -1.2 -8.7 -5.9 -2.3
May -6.3 8.7 2.9 16.3
Apr 6.2 5.9 4.5 28.8
Mar -6.6 -1.5 -2.0 11.0
Feb -0.2 -1.0 -0.2 1.3
Jan 7.5 -2.1 4.4 15.4
2017 Dec -4.9 -3.2 -5.5 4.8
Nov -7.2 -11.7 -8.7 -6.3
Oct -7.6 -6.5 -1.8 2.1
Sep -3.7 -13.2 -9.5 -7.2
Aug 3.9 -2.9 1.3 16.4
Jul 2.7 2.4 2.0 14.8
Jun -1.6 -5.8 -2.9 7.2
May 5.1 -0.7 3.3 -0.6
Apr -15.5 -13.0 -11.3 -8.5
Mar -4.7 -2.5 -3.1 -5.5
Feb -14.6 -8.6 -10.4 -6.7
Jan -17.2 3.0 -8.4 1.3

As at 17 April 2025