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Press release No. 095 of 10 March 2023 Building permits for dwellings down 6.9% in 2022
...In 2022, the construction of 354,400 dwellings was permitted in Germany. Based on provisional results, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the number of dwellings was down by 26,300, or 6.9%, on 2021, when 380,700 building permits were granted, the highest number reached since 1999. ...
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Press release No. 192 of 17 May 2023 Building permits issued for dwellings in March 2023: -29.6% on the same month a year earlier
...In March 2023, the construction of 24,500 dwellings was permitted in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was a decrease of 10,300 building permits, or 29.6%, compared with March 2022. Since May 2022, the number of permits issued for new dwellings has therefore been lower than in the same month a year earlier, with the year-on-year decline exceeding 10% since October 2022 and even surpassing 20% since January 2023. ...
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Press release No. 152 of 18 April 2023 Building permits for dwellings issued in February 2023: -20.6% on the same month a year earlier
...In February 2023, the construction of 22,300 dwellings was permitted in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was a decrease of 5,800 building permits, or 20.6%, compared with February 2022. Consequently, the number of building permits has decreased each month since May 2022. ...
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Press release No. 108 of 17 March 2023 Building permits issued for dwellings in January 2023: -26.0% on the same month a year earlier
...In January 2023, the construction of 21,900 dwellings was permitted in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was a decrease of 26.0%, or 7,700 building permits, compared with January 2022. The results include building permits for both dwellings in new buildings and new dwellings in existing buildings....
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Press release No. 024 of 18 January 2023 Building permits issued for dwellings in November 2022: -16.3% on the same month a year earlier
...In November 2022, the construction of 24,304 dwellings was permitted in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was a decrease of 16.3%, or 4,716 building permits, compared with November 2021. As a result, building permits for a total of 321,757 dwellings were issued from January to November 2022. ...