The viz was updated on 4 August 2026.
→ The latest data of Bulgaria are very promising, recovery in Hungary stopped. (The visual is updated continuously, the text will be refreshed when all data are published.)
Optimism in Croatia and Serbia prevails. Both countries experienced massive permit expansions between 2014 and 2022 and both have remained close to their peak ever since. Croatia has had around 4 million, while Serbia has had around 7 million permitted m2 for over four years. Slovenia remained below its 2022 high despite the positive correction in Q1 2026. Expansion continued in Bulgaria and the 9 million m2 was reached, a record in the last 15 years. Recovery in Romania and in Hungary is ongoing, led by residential projects.
You may use the dropdown in the viz for selecting either the residential or the non-residential submarket, or both.
See the full viz: EECFA Permit-Completion Quarterly – 4 August 2026
In the full visualization, not only permit but completion data can be followed (where available). Just click on the Country-by-country sheet.
Figures in Türkiye are getting extremes, representing the highest optimism since 2017. Residential projects drive the growth, 1.25 million dwellings obtained construction permit in the last 4 quarters. (From Q2 2025 on, permits issued by authorities other than the municipalities are also published by TUIK. So the scope is bigger, the results show the full picture. Click through the below viz for understanding the size and the impact of this revision.) Q1 2026 has been the best quarter in Ukraine since the beginning of the war. This was the first quarter, however, when residential was not able to grow. After the strong year-end, 2026 started with shrinking completion in Russia.
This visual about the significance of the permit revision in Türkiye was compiled back in September 2025.