Change of building permits for residential buildings 2008-2021

The rate of change of building permit numbers issued for residential buildings' construction (calculated for the number of dwellings) in Germany fluctuated significantly from 2008 to 2021. In 2021, the number of new housing units that received building permits increased by 3.9 percent from 2020.

Annual percentage change in building permits for residential buildings in Germany from 2008 to 2021

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Release date

October 2022

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Region

Germany

Survey time period

2008 to 2021

Supplementary notes

Defined for residential buildings (other than residences for communities), taking into account the number of dwellings, in contrast to indexing square meters of useful floor area, also available in the linked dataset. As per source: "the objective of the number of dwelling building permit index is to show the future development of construction activity in terms of unit numbers, while the objective of the useful floor area building permit index to show the future development of construction activity in terms of useful floor area or an alternative size measure."

* Data has been estimated.
Percentage change compared to same period in previous year.
Unadjusted data (i.e. neither seasonally adjusted nor calendar adjusted data).

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