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France was the country with the highest number of construction starts of homes in 2024, followed by Poland, Germany, and Spain. There were also ** housing construction projects starting in the UK and ** projects completed that year. Meanwhile, Bosnia and Herzegovina had less than construction completions, and Hungary had * home completions in 2024. 

A hiccup in residential construction in Poland

Not only was Poland among the countries with the most homes built on overall terms, but, along with Ireland, it also had the most housing completions per capita in Europe. That was despite the number of housing units completed in Poland declining significantly in 2023 and 2024. Nevertheless, the trend in residential construction had been very positive in the previous years, rising from under ** in 2014 to slightly under ** in 2022. 

France’s capital region had the busiest residential construction segment

France had one of the largest construction sectors in Europe.Although the construction starts of residential and commercial buildings in France decreased in 2024, they still covered **** million square meters. Most of that corresponded to housing. However, that activity was unevenly distributed across the country. The revenue of the building construction and renovation industry in Île-de-France was nearly twice higher than that of the second region in the ranking.