The area of newly completed housing in Ukraine in January-June 2021 grew by 29.5% compared to the same period in 2020, to 4.797 million square meters, the State Statistics Service has reported.
At the same time, the data are given taking into account the housing that went live in accordance with the temporary procedure for allowing houses built without permission to perform construction work go live.
According to the report, since the beginning of the year, 3.283 million square meters have joined the market in cities (68.4% of the total), and 1.514 million square meters in rural areas. At the same time, 41.8% of the total volume of housing was single-family houses, 57.8% were houses with two or more apartments, and 0.4% was dormitories.
In general, during the reporting period, 62,300 new apartments were competed: 47,600 apartments in urban areas and 14,600 apartments in rural areas.
The average apartment area was 76.6 square meter, while in single-family houses it was 157.1 square meters, in multi-apartment buildings it was 55.9 square meters.
In Kyiv city, Lviv, Kharkiv, Odesa and Ivano-Frankovsk regions, according to the results of the first quarter, 54.6% of the total housing volume went live. Moreover, in Kyiv city it was 512,700 square meters (10.7%).
According to statistics, a decrease in the area of newly completed housing was recorded in Zaporizhia, Ivano-Frankivsk and Luhansk regions.
