Net investments in the sector targeted mainly new construction works and the purchase of machinery, including means of transport.
The value of construction works in joint venture increased by RON20.61 billion. In the mentioned period, net investments in the national economy totaled RON118.497 billion, higher by 14.4% compared to January-September 2022 period.
Investments from the majority of private sector totaled RON97.742 billion, making up 82.5% of the total, compared to 84.1% in the same period of the previous year.
A total 26,394 construction permits were issued for residential buildings in the first nine months of 2023. Most construction permits for individual buildings with a single housing unit were issued for rural areas, respectively 17,608 permits, the remaining 7,230 permits for urban areas, while 29 building permits were issued for residential buildings for communities.
In terms of residential areas, the situation of permits issued for dwellings in residential buildings during the mentioned period, shows a decrease in the number of permits issued both for urban areas (2,692 permits) and for rural areas (5,414 permits), compared to January- September 2022 period.
Between January and September 2023, a total 49,993 dwellings were completed, fewer than 2,801 units in the year-earlier period. Most of the finished houses were built with private funds, accounting for 97.5% of the total houses built, fewer than 3,090 houses between January 1 and September 30, 2022.