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Dominican construction licences: 203 issued in September, up 34% on August

MIVHED's open dataset lists 203 construction licences issued in September 2026, covering 966,304 square metres with a declared investment of RD$58.7 billion. Most licences: Santo Domingo (39), Distrito Nacional (38) and La Altagracia (30). Apartment buildings accounted for 94 of them. That is the most in any month since January 2022, when the dataset begins. A licence is permission to build, not finished construction, and the investment is the applicant's declared figure.

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A leading indicator of what is about to be built across the country.

Open data · ODbL · Ministerio de la Vivienda, Hábitat y Edificaciones (MIVHED)
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