In August, Serbia issued 645 building permits for apartments. This is 31.1% lower than a year earlier. A total of 700 permits was issued, which is 4.5% more than in the same period last year. This information is held by Republican Bureau of Statistics, said ee24.com citing BalkanPro.ru.
The average area of housing under construction is 79.9 sq.m. 75% of permits were issued for construction of buildings and 25% for the construction of other buildings. 70.3% of permits issued for construction of residential houses, 29.7% - commercial properties.
Most large-scale construction will take place in Pirotska County in the southeastern part of the country on the border with Bulgaria, it is planned to spend 58.2% of the total cost of the work. In the second place is Nishavski District (7.3%), Northern Bachsky District (7%) and the Belgrade District (6.6%).