1. Number of constructions declines in 2020
The total number of constructions from approved building permits of Central Visayas for the year 2020 was recorded at 13,499. This number is lower by 31.9 percent from the 19,828 constructions recorded in 2019. (Table A)
2. Residentials had the highest number of constructions
By type of construction, residential had the highest number at 8,640 or 64.0 percent of the total number of constructions. Meanwhile, the number of residential constructions posted a 43.7 percent decline from the 15,351 residential constructions reported in 2019.
Majority or 93.9 percent of the total residential construction were single-type houses. Construction of residential condominiums posted the least share of 0.01 percent to the total residential construction. (Figure 1) Read more about Construction Statistics from Approved Building Permits of Central Visayas: 2020.