{"id":45796,"date":"2022-12-23T19:44:43","date_gmt":"2022-12-23T18:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=45796"},"modified":"2022-12-23T18:05:05","modified_gmt":"2022-12-23T17:05:05","slug":"paradox-with-building-permits-the-population-is-decreasing-but-the-stock-continues-to-grow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/paradox-with-building-permits-the-population-is-decreasing-but-the-stock-continues-to-grow\/","title":{"rendered":"Paradox with building permits, the population is decreasing but the stock continues to grow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">The United Nations Development Program, UNDP, has published a study that reveals paradoxical data about the construction sector in Albania. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">The findings reveal that from 2017, housing and businesses are being built, for which there are no requests for purchase. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">In Albania, the requirements for property purchases are much lower than the number of building permits issued. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">This approach emerges in a study by the United Nations Development Programme, which says the sources of the huge demand for new building permits are unclear, while the population is shrinking and a significant proportion of housing is vacant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">The study estimates that in the last 8 years real estate prices have increased by 102%, where the steep jump in prices started after 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">When it comes to completed constructions, Tirana holds the main weight with 62% of the volume followed by Durres with 7%. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">In addition, according to the purpose of construction, 76% of the units are apartments. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">Contradictory data in the study also appears in the ratio of population growth in the capital with the volume of construction. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">In the last decade, the population has increased by 4%, while the housing stock has increased by 27%. 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