Building permits, April 2026: 85 new apartment buildings
In April 2026 the first building permit was issued for 85 new apartment buildings, compared with 85 in April 2025 (0%). Attica accounted for 52 of them.
The month at a glance
- 85 new apartment buildings (85 in April 2025, 0%).
- 45,439 m² total built area (146,916 m² last year), 569 parking spaces.
- On average 5.5 levels per building; half of the apartment buildings are below 440 m².
- In 44 of the 85 projects a company is among the owners.
- From January to April: 369 new apartment buildings (213 in the same period of 2025, +73%).
Where
| Area | Apr 2026 | Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Attica | 52 | 44 |
| Thessaloniki regional unit | 8 | 9 |
| Rest of Greece | 25 | 32 |
Outside Attica, the regions with the most were Central Macedonia (10), Thessaly (5), Crete (5), Western Greece (4).
The municipalities with the most new apartment buildings in April:
| Municipality | New apartment buildings |
|---|---|
| Athens, Kallithea | 6 each |
| Ilioupoli | 4 |
| Agios Dimitrios, Glyfada, Thessaloniki, Nea Filadelfeia-Nea Chalkidona, Patras, Piraeus | 3 each |
Renovations and small-scale works
In April, 12,575 small-scale building works approvals were issued (8,017 in April 2025, +57%). The works declared most often:
| Work | Apr 2026 | Apr 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Insulation and waterproofing | 6,809 | 2,464 | +176% |
| Painting, repairs and scaffolding | 4,161 | 2,208 | +88% |
| Interior alterations and renovations | 2,863 | 2,848 | +1% |
| Windows, doors, facades and openings | 1,539 | 1,146 | +34% |
| Roofs, canopies and pergolas | 1,192 | 900 | +32% |
| Heating, fireplaces and chimneys | 920 | 374 | +146% |
| Fences and outdoor areas | 309 | 292 | +6% |
| Pools and tanks | 172 | 148 | +16% |
For crews and suppliers
An apartment building that received a permit in April will need excavation and frame in the following months, and later electrical, plumbing, insulation, windows and doors and floors. The projects, with their address and date, are on the map; see also the figures for the year.
How we count
We count only new apartment buildings: buildings with at least 4 levels and dwellings on at least 2 floors. Each project counts once, on the date of the first building permit; revisions, updates and pre-approvals do not count as a new permit. A permit does not mean that works have started.
The works come from the Small-Scale Building Works Approvals (Law 4759/2020) that the Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE) posts on Diavgeia, based on the standardised catalogue of works on the form. An act may list more than one work, so it counts in each relevant category. Source: TEE acts on Diavgeia. The numbers are recalculated every evening, because some acts are posted late.
In the first quarter of 2025 permits were few across the country: after the Council of State ruling on the "bonuses" of the NOK (the New Building Regulation) in December 2024, the building services approved only permits without them (Parapolitika). That is why the comparison with 2025 shows a bigger change in the first months.