New apartment buildings in 2024: the year in review
From 1 January to 31 December 2024 the first building permit was issued for 1,208 new apartment buildings across the country, against 879 in 2023.
In numbers
- 1,208 new apartment buildings (879 in 2023, +37%).
- 841,461 m² total built area (568,155 m² in 2023); half of the apartment buildings are below 479 m².
- 9,170 parking spaces (6,583 in 2023).
- In 607 projects (50%) a company is among the owners.
- In 107 different municipalities.
By month
| Month | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| January | 61 | 80 |
| February | 55 | 86 |
| March | 90 | 112 |
| April | 74 | 153 |
| May | 67 | 76 |
| June | 82 | 81 |
| July | 70 | 112 |
| August | 37 | 76 |
| September | 76 | 68 |
| October | 106 | 106 |
| November | 79 | 109 |
| December | 82 | 149 |
By region
| Region | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Attica | 772 | 581 |
| Central Macedonia | 117 | 78 |
| Thessaly | 94 | 77 |
| East Macedonia and Thrace | 67 | 51 |
| Crete | 39 | 27 |
| Peloponnese | 39 | 26 |
| Western Greece | 38 | 19 |
| Epirus | 20 | 9 |
| Central Greece | 13 | 6 |
| Western Macedonia | 6 | 1 |
| South Aegean | 3 | 1 |
The municipalities with the most new apartment buildings
| Municipality | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Glyfada | 83 | 50 |
| Piraeus | 61 | 21 |
| Athens | 60 | 71 |
| Volos | 36 | 24 |
| Peristeri | 36 | 23 |
| Larissa | 35 | 31 |
| Vari-Voula-Vouliagmeni | 33 | 27 |
| Agios Dimitrios | 31 | 21 |
| Alexandroupoli | 30 | 24 |
| Palaio Faliro | 28 | 22 |
| Patras | 27 | 10 |
| Egaleo | 26 | 11 |
| Alimos | 26 | 32 |
| Thessaloniki | 24 | 18 |
| Nikaia-Agios Ioannis Rentis | 24 | 11 |
| Elliniko-Argyroupoli | 23 | 16 |
| Marousi | 22 | 11 |
| Kalamata | 22 | 15 |
| Agia Paraskevi | 21 | 9 |
| Ilioupoli | 21 | 16 |
| Keratsini-Drapetsona | 21 | 12 |
How tall
| Levels | Apartment buildings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | 347 | 29% |
| 5 | 336 | 28% |
| 6 | 269 | 22% |
| 7 | 142 | 12% |
| 8 or more | 114 | 9% |
Levels: all floors together with the ground floor or pilotis, as on the permit form.
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.
Source: acts of the Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE) on Diavgeia. The numbers are recalculated every evening, because some acts are posted late.
In December 2024, 149 new apartment-building permits were issued; on 11 December 2024 the Council of State ruled key building "bonuses" of the NOK (the New Building Regulation) unconstitutional (what changed).
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.
First permits are counted from November 2022; a project with a permit from before then that received a new permit later may count as new.