Building statistics, August 2006

Most new floor space is started in buildings for retail trade and repair of personal/household goods, with 519 800 square metres started. The largest growth is recorded for buildings for real estate, renting and business activities, where 247 300 square metres of utility floor space is started, an increase of 38.9 per cent compared with the first eight months of 2005.

So far this year, building of 19 870 new dwellings is registered started, an increase of 4.2 per cent compared with the corresponding period last year. In the same period, the growth in started utility floor space for dwellings is 1.6 per cent.

Utility floor space started for holiday houses and residential garages is 804 900 square metres so far this year, a 1.8 per cent reduction from the first eight months of 2005.

Tables:

• Table 1 Building work started. Preliminary figures
• Table 2 Building activity in August. Preliminary figures
• Table 3 Building work started in January-August, by county. Preliminary figures
• Table 4 Buildings under conctruction per 31 August, by county. Preliminary figures
• Table 5 Buildings completed in January-August, by county. Preliminary figures
• Table 6 Building work started. Not adjusted, seasonally adjusted and trend
• Table 7 Building work started in August. County. Preliminary figures
• Table 8 Buildings permits in August. Preliminary figures. Breakdown according to Eurostat classifications
• Table 9 Average monthly registration delay for buildings started. January 2003-August 2006