According to preliminary data from the National Statistical Institute in the third quarter of 2023, the number of newly built residential buildings was 1 239, and the newly built dwellings in them were 5 085. Compared to the third quarter of 2022, the buildings were by 97 less (or by 7.3%), and the newly built dwellings in them decreased by 856, or 14.4%.
73.5% of the newly built residential buildings had steel-concrete construction, 23.3% had solid structure, 2.9% had ‘other’ and 0.3% had a panel. The highest is the relative share of houses (76.0%), followed by blocks of flats (15.3%).
The highest is the number of residential buildings built in the district of Sofia (stolitsa) - 182 residential buildings with 1 413 dwellings, followed by Plovdiv - 174 residential buildings with 548 dwellings, and Burgas - 136 buildings with 1 073 dwellings in them.
The highest is the number of newly built dwellings with two rooms (37.9%), followed by the number of those with three rooms (32.7%), and the lowest is the number of dwellings with six and more rooms (3.7%).
In the third quarter of 2023, the total useful space of newly built dwellings was 486.7 thousand sq. m, or by 13.2% less, compared to the same quarter of 2022, and the living floor space decreased (by 13.1%) to 387.7 thousand sq. m.
The average useful floor space of a newly built dwelling increased from 94.4 sq. m in the third quarter of 2022 to 95.7 sq. m in the same quarter of 2023.
The biggest average useful floor space of a newly built dwelling was recorded in the districts of Vidin[1] - 400.0 sq. m and Silistra - 278.4 sq. m, and the smallest ones in Burgas - 61.7 sq. m, and Shumen - 63.7 sq. meters.
[1] In the third quarter of 2023 in the district of Vidin, there is one newly built residential building with one dwelling in it.
