# Germany Building Permits — Residential Buildings (floor area, index 2021=100, SA)

Germany Building Permits — Residential Buildings (floor area, index 2021=100, SA) was 53.80 in August 2026, down 2.0% from July 2026 and up 3.1% from a year earlier.
That is the lowest reading since August 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 40.10 (Sep 2024) to 126.8 (Mar 2021), averaging 79.75.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `DE.BPERMIT.M.SA.GRP-RESIDENTIAL`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: Index, 2021=100
- Coverage: 2001-01-01 to 2026-08-01 (308 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/germany/building-permits-residential-buildings-floor-area-index-2021-100-sa

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| August 2026 | 53.80 |
| July 2026 | 54.90 |
| June 2026 | 56.90 |
| May 2026 | 60.10 |
| April 2026 | 57.40 |
| March 2026 | 54.80 |
| February 2026 | 61.80 |
| January 2026 | 60.70 |
| December 2025 | 55.90 |
| November 2025 | 56.80 |
| October 2025 | 54.30 |
| September 2025 | 61.80 |
| August 2025 | 52.20 |
| July 2025 | 56.50 |
| June 2025 | 52.10 |
| May 2025 | 45.90 |
| April 2025 | 52.00 |
| March 2025 | 54.20 |
| February 2025 | 50.90 |
| January 2025 | 52.80 |
| December 2024 | 55.20 |
| November 2024 | 50.70 |
| October 2024 | 49.30 |
| September 2024 | 40.10 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/DE.BPERMIT.M.SA.GRP-RESIDENTIAL"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/DE.BPERMIT.M.SA.GRP-RESIDENTIAL",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```