According to preliminary data from the National Statistical Institute, 476 residential buildings containing 2379 homes were completed in the third quarter of 2016. Compared with the same period of 2015, this represents declines of 17.5% in completed buildings and 3.1% in homes within those buildings.
The leading regions for completed buildings were Varna (84 buildings with 624 homes), Burgas (82 with 882 homes) and Plovdiv (54 with 184 homes). Sofia completed 30 residential buildings with 36 homes during the period.
Of all completed homes, 41.2% were two-room apartments, 32.1% were three-room apartments and 3% had 6 or more rooms.
The total floor area of homes completed in the third quarter of 2016 was 193.1 thousand square metres, 9.1% less than in the corresponding period of 2015.
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