RAMALLAH, Monday, March 9, 2020 (WAFA) - A total of 2,654 building licenses were issued in the fourth quarter of 2019 in Palestine, an increase by 20% compared with the third quarter of 2019 and an increase by 2% compared with the fourth quarter of 2018, today said the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS).

Of the total number of new building licenses issued in the fourth quarter, 2,007 were for new ones, an increase by 38% compared with the third quarter of 2019 and by 28% compared with the fourth quarter of 2018.

The number of new dwellings in the fourth quarter of 2019 increased by 45% compared with the third quarter of 2019 and increased by 11% compared with the fourth quarter of 2018.

M.K.