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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. ...
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Press release No. 541 of 16 December 2022 Building permits issued for dwellings in October 2022: -14.2% on the same month a year earlier
...In October 2022, the construction of 25,399 dwellings was permitted in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was a decrease of 14.2%, or 4,198 building permits, compared with October 2021. The construction of a total 297,453 dwellings was permitted from January to October 2022. ...
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Press release No. 485 of 18 November 2022 Building permits issued for dwellings in September 2022: -9.1% on the same month a year earlier
...In September 2022, the construction of 27,449 dwellings was permitted in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was a decrease of 9.1%, or 2,742 building permits, compared with September 2021. The construction of a total 272,054 dwellings was permitted from January to September 2022. ...
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Press release No. 446 of 18 October 2022 Building permits issued for dwellings in August 2022: -9.4% on the same month a year earlier
...In August 2022, the construction of 28,180 dwellings was permitted in Germany. This was a decrease of 9.4%, or 2,934 building permits, from August 2021 according to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). From January to August 2022, a total of 244,605 building permits for dwellings were issued, which was a decline of 3.0%, or 7,624, compared with the same period a year earlier (January to August 2021: 252,229 building permits). ...
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Press release No. 392 of 16 September 2022 Building permits issued for dwellings in July 2022: -2.2% on the same month a year earlier
...In July 2022, the construction of 30,653 dwellings was permitted in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was a decrease of 2.2%, or 681 building permits, compared with July 2021. A total of 216,425 building permits for dwellings were thus issued from January to July 2022, which was a decline of 2.1%, or 4,690, compared with the same period a year earlier (January to July 2021: 221,115 building permits). ...
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Press release No. 212 of 23 May 2022 Number of new dwellings down 4.2% in 2021
...The Federal Government has set itself the goal of constructing 400,000 new dwellings in Germany every year. In 2021, the construction of 293,393 dwellings was completed in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was a year-on-year decline of 4.2% or 12,983 dwellings. ...
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Press release No. N056 of 8 September 2022 Gas heating planned for just under 16% of residential buildings approved in the 1st half of 2022
...Gas for heating is becoming less important when new residential buildings are planned in Germany. 16.2% of the approximately 60,200 residential buildings approved in the first six months of 2022 will be heated primarily with gas, according to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). In the first half of 2021, gas heating was planned for roughly one fourth (25.5%) of the 68,000 residential buildings approved. ...
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Press release No. 350 of 18 August 2022 Building permits for dwellings issued in June 2022: -4.5% on the same month a year earlier
...In June 2022, the construction of 30,425 dwellings was permitted in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was a decrease of 4.5%, or 1,419 building permits, on June 2021. In the first half of 2022, a total of 185,772 building permits for dwellings were issued, which was a decline of 2.1% compared with the same period a year earlier (first half of 2021: 189,781 building permits). ...
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Press release No. 318 of 28 July 2022 Stock of dwellings, end of 2021: 43.1 million dwellings
There were 43.1 million dwellings in Germany at the end of 2021. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the stock of dwellings rose by 0.7%, or roughly 280,000 dwellings, on the previous year (2020: 42.8 million). Compared with …
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Press release No. 304 of 18 July 2022 Building permits for dwellings issued in May 2022: -2.1% on the same month a year earlier
...In May 2022, the construction of 31,688 dwellings was permitted in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was a decrease of 2.1%, or 696 building permits, compared with May 2021. From January to May 2022, a total of 155,347 building permits for dwellings were issued, which is a decline of 1.6% compared with the same period a year earlier (January to May 2021: 157,937 building permits). ...
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Press release No. 249 of 17 June 2022 Building permits for dwellings issued in April 2022: +5.1% on the same month a year earlier
...In April 2022, the construction of 31,152 dwellings was permitted in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was an increase of 5.1%, or 1,515 building permits, compared with April 2021. From January to April 2022, a total of 123,659 building permits for dwellings were issued, which was a decline of 1.5% compared with the same period a year earlier (January to April 2021: 125,553 building permits). ...
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Press release No. 206 of 18 May 2022 Building permits for dwellings issued in March 2022: -8.9% on the same month a year earlier
...In March 2022, the construction of 34,794 dwellings was permitted in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was a decrease of 8.9%, or 3,410 building permits, compared with March 2021. From January to March 2022, a total of 92,507 building permits for dwellings were issued, which was a decline of 3.6% compared with the same period a year earlier (January to March 2021: 95,916 building permits). ...
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Press release No. 226 of 2 June 2022 More than half of the residential buildings constructed in 2021 are heated by heat pumps
...Renewable energies are increasingly used for heating in new residential buildings in Germany. More than two thirds (70.7%) of the residential buildings completed in 2021 are wholly or partly heated by energy from renewable sources. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this proportion increased by just under two percentage points compared with 2020 (68.8%). ...
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Press release No. 175 of 21 April 2022 Building permits for dwellings issued in February 2022: -6.6% on the same month a year earlier
...In February 2022, the construction of 28,060 dwellings was permitted in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was a decrease of 6.6% or 1,998 building permits compared with February 2021. From January to February 2022, a total of 57,713 building permits for dwellings were issued – the figure was almost unchanged on the same period a year earlier (January to February 2021: 57,712 building permits). ...
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Press release No. 142 of 1 April 2022 Building permits issued for dwellings in January 2022: + 8.3% on the same month a year earlier
...The construction of 29,951 dwellings was permitted in Germany in January 2022, according to provisional figures. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was an increase of 8.3% or 2,297 building permits compared with January 2021. The figures include building permits for both dwellings in new buildings and new dwellings in existing buildings....
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Press release No. 095 of 10 March 2022 CORRECTION: Building permits for dwellings in 2021: +3.3% on the previous year
In 2021, the construction of 380,914 dwellings was permitted in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was an increase of 3.3% or 12,325 building permits compared with 2020. The figures include building permits for …
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Press release No. N058 of 1 October 2021 Covid-19 crisis has similar consequences for the economic branches in eastern and western
...Accommodation and food service activities: massive losses in turnover in the eastern and western parts in the 1st year of the pandemic, recovery until now only in western Germany Manufacturing: slumps in turnover due to Covid-19 more marked in the western part Main construction industry: raw materials shortages recently slowed the economy in eastern and western Germany Economic performance deteriorated less in the Länder of eastern Germany in 2020 WIESBADEN – The consequences of the Covid-19 crisis were similarly severe for the economy in eastern and western Germany. ...
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Press release No. 021 of 17 January 2022 Building permits for dwellings in November 2021: +2.6% on a seasonally and calendar adjusted basis compared with the previous month
...In November 2021, the construction of 29,020 dwellings was permitted in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was an increase of 2.6% in seasonally and calendar adjusted terms compared with October 2021....
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Press release No. N 061 of 25 September 2020 In construction industry, number of persons in employment residing in Germany down 300,000 on 1991
...The temporary construction boom in Germany caused, for instance, by the “Aufbau Ost” programme (development programme for eastern Germany) has not had a lasting positive effect on employment in the construction industry. Since 1991, the number of persons in employment in the construction industry in Germany fell by 300,000 to just under 2.6 million in 2019. ...
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Press release No. 575 of 15 December 2021 Building permits for dwellings in October 2021: -3.2% on a seasonally and calendar adjusted basis compared with the previous month
...In October 2021, the construction of 29,597 dwellings was permitted in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was a decrease of 3.2% in seasonally and calendar adjusted terms compared with September 2021....
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Press release No. N 007 of 16 February 2022 Building permits: two thirds of new residential buildings to be heated with renewable energy
...Nowadays builders in Germany much more often opt for renewable energies as the main energy source when planning new residential buildings. Two thirds (65.5%) of the 118,000 residential buildings for which building permits were issued between January and November 2021 are to be heated with renewable energy. ...
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Press release No. N 048 of 21 July 2021 Investments in bridge construction: prices of bridge construction operations up 24% in 2020 compared with 2011
...There is a huge strain on roads, bridges and tunnels in Germany. For this reason, they need to be constantly repaired and maintained or, as in the case of the Salzbachtal Bridge on the A66 motorway near Wiesbaden, they need to be demolished at short notice and reconstructed. ...
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Press release No. 433 of 15 September 2021
Building permits for dwellings in July 2021: -0.8% on a seasonally and calendar adjusted
basis compared with the previous month
In July 2021, the construction permissions for dwellings reached a number of 31,334 in Germany altogether. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was a decrease of 0.8% in seasonally and calendar adjusted terms compared with …
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Press release No. 386 of 16 August 2021 Building permits for dwellings in June 2021: -7.5% on a seasonally and calendar adjusted basis compared with the previous month
In June 2021, the construction permissions for dwellings reached a number of 31,844 in Germany altogether. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was a decrease of 7.5% in seasonally and calendar adjusted terms compared with …
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Press release No. 326 of 8 July 2021 Stock of dwellings, end of 2020: 42.8 million dwellings
...At the end of 2020, the number of dwellings in residential and non-residential buildings amounted to 42.8 million in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the stock of dwellings rose by 0.7%, or 290,966 dwellings, on the previous year. Compared with 2010, the stock of dwellings increased by 5.7% or 2.3 million dwellings. ...
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Press release No. 281 of 15 June 2021 Building permits for dwellings in April 2021: -22.9% on a seasonally and calendar adjusted basis compared with the previous month
In April 2021, the construction of a total of 29,637 dwellings was permitted in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was a decrease of 22.9% in seasonally and calendar adjusted terms compared with March 2021. The …
