germany

Timber constructions: market share higher than 20%

Article by Ulrike Knaus (adapted for holzkurier.com; translated by Eva Guzely) | 26.03.2020 - 08:37

In 2019, the market share of new timber buildings in Germany rose to 20.8% in the segments permitted single-family and two-family home. This is according to the “Welt am Sonntag”.

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According to wallstreet-online.de, 101,569 new single-family and two-family homes were permitted last year in Germany. 21,171 of those were prefabricated timber houses. In Baden-Württemberg, the market share of prefabricated timber houses is at 36.9%. The state is followed by Hessen with 30.6%, Rhineland-Palatinate with 26.1% and Bavaria with 24.8%. In Bremen, Hamburg and Lower Saxony, only 5.5 to 8.1% of new houses were built in wood.

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