New apartment buildings in 2025: the year in review
From 1 January to 31 December 2025 the first building permit was issued for 993 new apartment buildings across the country, against 1,208 in 2024.
In numbers
- 993 new apartment buildings (1,208 in 2024, −18%).
- 700,121 m² total built area (841,461 m² in 2024); half of the apartment buildings are below 461 m².
- 6,576 parking spaces (9,170 in 2024).
- In 510 projects (51%) a company is among the owners.
- In 113 different municipalities.
By month
| Month | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| January | 80 | 35 |
| February | 86 | 44 |
| March | 112 | 49 |
| April | 153 | 85 |
| May | 76 | 85 |
| June | 81 | 108 |
| July | 112 | 113 |
| August | 76 | 68 |
| September | 68 | 85 |
| October | 106 | 105 |
| November | 109 | 108 |
| December | 149 | 108 |
By region
| Region | 2025 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Attica | 555 | 772 |
| Central Macedonia | 115 | 117 |
| Thessaly | 104 | 94 |
| East Macedonia and Thrace | 75 | 67 |
| Western Greece | 45 | 38 |
| Peloponnese | 32 | 39 |
| Crete | 26 | 39 |
| Epirus | 22 | 20 |
| Western Macedonia | 9 | 6 |
| Central Greece | 5 | 13 |
| South Aegean | 3 | 3 |
| North Aegean | 2 | 0 |
The municipalities with the most new apartment buildings
| Municipality | 2025 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Athens | 68 | 60 |
| Larissa | 48 | 35 |
| Piraeus | 43 | 61 |
| Volos | 35 | 36 |
| Glyfada | 33 | 83 |
| Kallithea | 33 | 14 |
| Patras | 33 | 27 |
| Alexandroupoli | 30 | 30 |
| Peristeri | 29 | 36 |
| Xanthi | 27 | 18 |
| Nikaia-Agios Ioannis Rentis | 26 | 24 |
| Kalamaria | 25 | 19 |
| Thessaloniki | 22 | 24 |
| Chalandri | 22 | 18 |
| Vari-Voula-Vouliagmeni | 21 | 33 |
| Kalamata | 17 | 22 |
| Keratsini-Drapetsona | 17 | 21 |
| Kordelio-Evosmos | 17 | 14 |
| Palaio Faliro | 17 | 28 |
| Nea Ionia | 16 | 15 |
How tall
| Levels | Apartment buildings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | 331 | 33% |
| 5 | 266 | 27% |
| 6 | 232 | 23% |
| 7 | 105 | 11% |
| 8 or more | 59 | 6% |
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 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.