BULDING ACTIVITY FOR MARCH 2009 BY THE NSS OF GREECE

In March 2009 the magnitude of the total Building Activity (private-public), in the whole Country, amounted to 4.719 building permits, which correspond to 1.204,9 thousand m2 of surface and 4.601,8 thousand m3 of volume, as compared to 3.962 building permits that where issued during the same month of 2008 and corresponded to, 947,8 thousand m2 of surface and 3.552,6 thousand m3 of volume.Thus, there was an increase in the number of building permits by 19,1%, in surface by 27,1% and in volume by 29,5%. 

PRESS RELEASE

The General Secretariat of the National Statistical Service of Greece publishes provisional data on the Building Activity, on the basis of the building permits issued from the Greek Town-Planning Offices during March 2009.

DECREASE OF THE TOTAL BUILDING ACTIVITY (PRIVATE-PUBLIC) DURING JANUARY - MARCH 2009 IN COMPARISON WITH THE SAME PERIOD OF 2008

During the period January - March 2009, the magnitude of the total Building Activity (private-public), in the whole Country, measured on the basis of building permits issued, amounted to 13.062 building permits, which correspond to 3.109,5 thousand m2 of surface and 12.159,1 thousand m3 of volume, as compared to 14.216 building permits that where issued during the same period of 2008 and corresponded to 3.760,9 thousand m2 of surface and 14.295,9 thousand m3 of volume.

Thus, there was a decrease in the number of building permits by 8,1%, in surface by 17,3% and in volume by 14,9%. The percentage contribution of the Public Building Activity in the total building volume, for the above period of 2009, is 3,2%.