The biggest declines were observed in the following regions Bucharest-Ilfov (-758 permits), South-Muntenia (-741 permits), South-East (-640 permits), and North-West (-616 permits).
According to data from INS, 3971 building permits were issued in May 2010, down 11.3% from the year-ago period.
The biggest decreases were observed in the regions: Bucharest-Ilfov (-230 permits), North-West (-169 permits) and Center (-84 permits), while increases were observed in South-West Oltenia (47 permits) and West (27 permits).
Compared to the previous month, the number of home-building approvals rose in May by 7.7%. Broken down by regions, the number of permits issued by municipalities increased country-wide.
The biggest increases were observed in North-East (+153 permits), South-East (+67 permits), Bucharest-Ilfov (+50 permits) and South-Muntenia (+46 permits). Declines were observed in Center (75 permits) and North-West (35 permits).
Number of building permits remained low in Jan-May
The number of building permits issued by municipalities dropped 20.1% in the five-month period into May 2010 to 15,278 from the same period of last year, data from the National Institute of Statistics show.
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