OREANDA-NEWS. September 16, 2011. This August housing commissioning in Azerbaijan fell by 2.6 times.

The Azerbaijan State Statistics Committee (ASSC) informs that in August it was commissioned 69,800 sq m of housing versus 178,800 sq m in July, 317,700 sq m in June, 101,300 sq m in May, 100,000 sq m in April, 170,400 sq m in March, 67,300 sq m in February and 82,100 sq m in January.

“In 2011 it has been commissioned 1.087 million sq m of housing that is by 19.95% more against Jan-Aug 2010 (906,500 sq m),” the Committee reported.

In August 2010 it was commissioned 85,000 sq m of housing.

Last year housing commissioning totaled 1.8 million sq m versus 1.36 million sq m in 2009, 1.556 million sq m in 2008, 1.425 million sq m in 2007, 1.218 million sq m in 2006, and 1.58 million sq m in 2005.