Germany - Residential Building Permits





Germany: Residential Building Permits

Mnemonic HPMTR.IDEU
Unit #, NSA
Adjustments Not Seasonally Adjusted
Annual 3.78 %
Data 2021 129,306
2020 124,596

Series Information

Source Federal Statistical Office (FSO) - Germany
Release Subnational - Permits
Frequency Annual
Start Date 12/31/1995
End Date 12/31/2021

Germany: Real Estate

Reference Last Previous Units Frequency
House Price Index Feb 2023 235.33 230.48 Index August 2005=100, NSA Monthly
House Price Index for Existing Homes Feb 2023 176.9 176.2 Index August 2005=100, NSA Monthly
House Price Value for Existing Homes Feb 2023 372,330 370,821 Euros, NSA Monthly
Building Permits Jan 2023 21,949 32,646 #, NSA Monthly
House Price Index for New Homes 2022 Q4 154.7 151 Index 2015=100, NSA Quarterly
Non-residential Building Permits Dec 2022 5.45 4.73 Bil. DEM/Bil. EUR, CDASA Monthly
Building Completions 2021 192,055 205,276 Number Annual
Dwelling Stocks 2021 43,084 42,803 Ths., NSA Annual
Residential Building Permits 2021 129,306 124,596 #, NSA Annual

Release Information

For Germany, the number of new residential buildings permits granted and properties of the buildings, for NUTS 1, 2 and 3 subnational areas. Annual from 1995.

The source writes:

Data are compiled in compliance with the 1998 Law on Building Construction Statistics. 

Building activity surveys of building construction (building activity statistics) are regularly carried out at federal level in order to determine the volume, structure and development of building activities and to update the stock of residential buildings and dwellings.

The item directly surveyed is the building, which is classified as either residential or non-residential and further categorized by type of building.  Residential buildings are classified as one-, two-, or multi-family houses or as residential homes.  Non-residential buildings comprise, for instance, office and administrative buildings, agricultural buildings, factory buildings and workshops, hotels and restaurants.  Civil engineering projects (i.e. roads, tunnels, and bridges) are not covered by these statistics.