{"id":188113,"date":"2026-05-19T15:20:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T12:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/188113\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T15:20:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T12:20:37","slug":"housing-construction-reported-down-26-6-percent-in-january-april","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/188113\/","title":{"rendered":"Housing construction reported down 26.6 percent in January-April"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>May 19, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Belarus\u2019 construction companies commissioned housing totaling 842,100 square meters in the first four months of 2026, or 26.6 percent less than in the same period of the previous year, according to <em>Pozirk\u2019s<\/em> analysis of the National Statistical Committee\u2019s (Bie\u0142stat) data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In particular, 7,600 new apartments were reportedly commissioned in Belarus between January and April 2026, compared with 11,107 apartments totaling 1,147,000 sq m in the first four months of 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2025, according to official data, housing construction in Belarus rose by six percent year-on-year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/stroitelstvo_1prof_by-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/stroitelstvo_1prof_by-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/stroitelstvo_1prof_by-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/stroitelstvo_1prof_by-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/stroitelstvo_1prof_by-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/stroitelstvo_1prof_by.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Economy<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Economy<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Construction rebound, consumer demand to drive Belarus\u2019 economy growth \u2013 EDB<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">March 23, Pozirk. A slowdown in industry amid weakening external demand was the main reason for the 1.2-percent decline in Belarus\u2019 gross domestic product in the first two months of 2026, the Eurasian Development Bank said in its recent review. &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/180570\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read <\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 19, Pozirk. Belarus\u2019 construction companies commissioned housing totaling 842,100 square meters in the first four months of 2026, or 26.6 percent less than in the same period of the previous year, according to Pozirk\u2019s analysis of the National Statistical Committee\u2019s (Bie\u0142stat) data. In particular, 7,600 new apartments were reportedly commissioned in Belarus between January [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[21],"class_list":["post-188113","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-economy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Housing construction reported down 26.6 percent in January-April | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"May 19, Pozirk. 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