According to preliminary data from the National Statistical Institute in the fourth quarter of 2022, the number of newly built residential buildings was 1 613, and the newly built dwellings in them were 5 708. Compared to the fourth quarter of 2021, the buildings were by 392 more (or by 32.1%), and the newly built dwellings in them increased by 285, or by 5.3%.
In the fourth quarter of 2022, 78.9% of the newly built residential buildings had steel-concrete construction, 17.4% had solid structure, 3.4% had ‘other’ and 0.3% had a panel. The highest is the relative share of houses (81.3%), followed by blocks of flats (13.0%). As compared to the fourth quarter of 2021, the number of newly built houses and mixed buildings rose, while the number of blocks of flats dropped.
The highest is the number of residential buildings built in the district of Sofia (stolitsa) - 296 residential buildings with 1 997 dwellings, followed by Plovdiv - 232 residential buildings with 517 dwellings, and Varna - 182 buildings with 742 dwellings in them.
The highest is the number of newly built dwellings with two rooms (35.5%), followed by the number of those with three rooms (34.8%), and the lowest is the number of dwellings with one room (4.8%).
In the fourth quarter of 2022, the total useful space of newly built dwellings was 631.5 thousand sq. m, or 19.0% more, compared to the same quarter of 2021, and the living floor space increased (by 18.7%) to 494.0 thousand sq. m.
The average useful floor space of a newly built dwelling increased from 97.8 sq. m in the fourth quarter of 2021 to 110.6 sq. m in the same quarter of 2022.
The biggest average useful floor space of a newly built dwelling was recorded in the districts of Silistra - 226.9 sq. m and Montana - 188.0 sq. m, and the smallest ones in Vratsa - 55.4 sq. m and Veliko Tarnovo - 78.9 sq. meters.
