Building permits indicators

The building permits indicators measure the quarterly evolution in the number of dwellings used for residential purposes, square metres of residential useful floor area and square metres of non-residential area using the Classification of types of Construction (CC).

The number of dwellings in new buildings increased by 16.5% in third quarter 2017 with respect to third quarter 2016.

The useful floor area increased by 14.6% in the third quarter compared with the same periods of 2016.

Non-residential area increased by 35.7% in the third quarter of 2017 (influenced by the comparison with the third quarter of 2016 which is one of the lowest values since 2000) with respect to third quarter 2016.