In December 2018, 28.830 dwellings were permitted in Germany. Compared to the year before (December 2017), the number of dwellings has decreased by -4,3%. As for the year 2018 in total, building permits in residential building increased by 0,9 % compared to the previous year. Thereby, multi-family housing developed much better than single-family housing. While building permits were negativ in the first and in the fourth quarter of 2018 (compared to the same period in 2017), growth in 2018 was driven by an increase in permits between April and September.