The number of residential building permits issued in Bulgaria in the first quarter of 2014 fell by 1.6% on the quarter to 1,015, the statistics office (NSI) said.
Year-on-year, the number of residential building permits rose 32.9% in the January-March period, NSI said in a press release.
The number of buildings permits for administrative buildings rose by 22.2% on the quarter and by 37.5% on the year to 44 in the first quarter of 2014.