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More residential buildings, dwellings built in Bulgaria in Q2

Xinhua, August 8, 2016 Adjust font size:

The number of newly-built residential buildings and dwellings in Bulgaria increased respectively by 3.2 percent and 15.6 percent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2016, officials said Monday.

There were 521 completed housing projects and 2,248 newly-built dwellings in the second quarter of this year, according to preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute.

The highest number of residential buildings (81) was seen in Plovdiv District in southern Bulgaria, followed by Burgas (80) and Varna (79) in the Black Sea coast.

Houses made up the largest share of newly-built residential buildings at 72.6 percent, followed by blocks of flats at 15.3 percent, the government agency added.

Meanwhile, the average floor space of newly-built dwellings decreased from 95.4 square meters in the second quarter of 2015 to 84.1 square meters in the same period in 2016. Endit