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La construcción de vivienda protegida marca su mejor semestre en 15 años

Las obras se aceleran con el inicio de la edificación de casi 14.000 casas entre enero y junio, un 70% más que hace un año, pero quedan lejos de las cifras previas al estallido de la burbuja inmobiliaria

La construcción de vivienda protegida marca su mejor semestre en 15 años

Protected housing construction (VPO) has surged this first half of 2026 to register its best performance in 15 years: between January and June, permits were granted for the construction of 13,492 homes, a jump of 70% compared to the first six months of the previous year and the best figure since 2011. The sector's activity has also picked up in terms of VPO ratings.

The number of completed promotions has doubled (to 11,270 units) compared to the same period last year. Despite this, the snapshot drawn by statistics published on Thursday by the Ministry of Housing still falls short of those from the early 2000s, when the pace of building new properties was more than double the current level. The sector has been stagnant since the bubble burst and has yet to recover, exacerbating an increasingly urgent housing access crisis that has finally erupted on the streets.

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