INS: Over 27,600 construction authorizations issued in the first 10 months, up by 6.2 pct

The number of construction authorizations issued in the first 10 months, increased by 6.2 percent compared with the same period of 2016, to over 27,600, most of them in North-Eastern area (+683), according to a release of the National Institute of Statistics (INS).

In the mentioned period, the increase in the number of constructions authorizations was reflected in the development region: North-East, Bucharest-Ilfov, Center, South-East and the South-Eastern Oltenia.

The decreases were registered in the development areas North-West (-325 authorizations) and South-Muntenia (-36).

In August, compared with the same month of 2016, according to INS, there was an increase in the number of construction authorizations for the residential buildings in the development areas Bucharest -Ilfov (+340 authorizations), north-Eastern (+145), west (+100) and South-East (+33). The decreases were registered in North-Western regions (-143), South-Muntenia (-24), South-Western Oltenia and the Center (-3 each).

In August were issued 4,415 authorizations for residential buildings constructions, out of which 62.8 percent for the rural area.

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