Housing construction plunges 50 percent in two years
March 19, Pozirk. Developers built 3,600 new apartments in Belarus in January and February, said the National Statistics Committee (Biełstat).
Housing construction dropped 36.84 percent year on year and 50 percent compared to the same period in 2022, Pozirk has found.
A total of 417,000 square meters of housing was commissioned, almost 30 percent fewer than last year and 38 percent fewer than in 2022.
Housing construction down 11 percent in January-August
September 20, Pozirk. Developers built 23,200 new apartments in Belarus in the first eight months of 2023, 11 percent fewer than in the same period of 2022, the National Statistics Committee (Biełstat) said. A total of 2.2 million square meters of housing …
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