How often is residential building permits (useful floor area) updated?

Quarterly. The latest period published is Q2 2026; RAC-EU adds new data and revisions on the day Eurostat publishes them.

Residential building permits (useful floor area) in the European Union (27) i

Name: Residential building permits (useful floor area) in the European Union (27): 81.0 in Q2 2026
Creator: Eurostat
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Basic · Quarterly · index 2021 = 100

Source: Eurostat (sts_cobp_q), retrieved 2026-10-16 · View on Eurostat · See technical sheet

81.0

European Union (27) · Q2 2026 ⁱ

Year-on-year change+13.4%

Previous period72.5 Q1 2026

Rank in Europe—

EU2781.0

Spain113.3

Trend

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About this indicator

What is the latest residential building permits (useful floor area) figure in the European Union (27)?: 81.0 in Q2 2026.
What does residential building permits (useful floor area) measure?: Residential building permits (useful floor area), in index 2021 = 100. A higher value indicates a more favourable situation.
Where does the residential building permits (useful floor area) data come from?: Eurostat, dataset sts_cobp_q («Building permits by type of building - quarterly data»). RAC-EU downloads it from Eurostat's official API and checks it every day.
How often is residential building permits (useful floor area) updated?: Quarterly. The latest period published is Q2 2026; RAC-EU adds new data and revisions on the day Eurostat publishes them.

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