Surprising: most homes were built in these regions last year in Hungary

More housing is planned in Budapest this year, fewer in rural areas. Last year, 20.5 thousand new dwellings were built across Hungary. 35 thousand were planned to be built on the basis of permit applications.

In Budapest and Pest county, the number of dwellings delivered in 2022 decreased. However, the number of dwellings planned to be built more than doubled, according to today’s report from the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH). In rural areas, fewer new residential buildings are planned.

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According to the official figures, which now cover the whole year, 20,540 new homes were built across Hungary in 2022, up 3.2 percent from a year earlier, vg.hu reports. The number of dwellings to be built under building permits and simple notifications was 35,002, 17 percent more than in 2021. In Budapest, 6,610 dwellings were put into use last year, 6.1 percent fewer than in 2021.

The number of new dwellings increased slightly by 11 prcent in the cities with county rights, decreased by 3.9 percent in the other cities and increased by almost a quarter in the municipalities compared to the previous year. In the Pest region, the number of dwellings brought into use fell by a similar rate to the capital, with 3,800 new dwellings, a decrease of 7.8 percent. Outside the central metropolitan area, the number of new dwellings increased everywhere compared to the previous year.

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Source: vg.hu, MTI