Bavaria is booming: 13.4% more residential building permits in 2025!

Bavaria is booming: 13.4% more residential building permits in 2025!

The housing construction statistics for Bavaria show encouraging developments. In 2025 there were a total of41,237Residential building permits issued. This represents an impressive increase of13.4 percentcompared to the previous year. This is particularly noticeable in the period from January to September, where in the city and district of Rosenheim1,131new permits were issued. That almost does9 percentof all permits in Upper Bavaria, which underlines the importance of the region, even if the number of permits in the Upper Bavaria administrative region has fallen compared to 2024 Charivari reported.

The detailed analysis of building permits shows various trends. This was already the case in the first quarter of 202513,666Building permits issued, which represents an increase of9.8 percentcompared to the previous year. The number of permits for single-family homes increased by18.8 percentespecially while the numbers for two-family homes are increasing24.8 percenthave fallen. This suggests that private construction projects are still very popular, while the market for multi-family houses is showing moderate growth. Bayika states that the increase is taking place primarily in the districts, where an increase of24.8 percentis recorded.

Regional differences and challenges

Despite the positive overall development, there are regional differences. The decline is particularly noticeable in the independent cities14 percent, which is also due to the strict market conditions in large cities. While permits have increased in the counties, they have tended to decline in the cities, a fact that is weighing on construction activity in urban areas such as Bavarian statistics highlights.

However, the challenges do not remain. Hans Maier, association director at VdW Bayern, emphasizes that the increases can be observed primarily in single-family homes. He warns of a possible decline in subsidized housing construction, particularly due to funding stops, which may lead to canceled or postponed projects. Urgent work needs to be done to reduce construction costs, as well as to provide more funding and tax incentives for private housing construction.

Outlook for the future

Developments in 2025 show that a good hand in promoting housing construction is required to meet demand in the coming years. However, with the increasing number of permits, it is also clear that the challenge of creating sufficient living space depends not only on the number of permits, but also on the implementation of construction projects, especially in cities.