The surface area of construction permits in Lebanon, which reflects the level of future supply in the real estate sector, attained 668,605 sqm in August 2026 compared to 843,916 sqm in July. On a cumulative basis, however, the surface area of construction permits inched 0.01% higher y-o-y during the first eight months of 2026 to 5,892,168 sqm compared to 5,891,516 sqm in the same period in 2025. The monthly evolution of construction permit areas between the August 2025 – August 2026 period shows a rollercoaster trend as depicted by the chart below:

As far as the geographical distribution of construction permits is concerned, the Mount Lebanon region continued to control the lion’s share of the total surface area of issued permits (2,688 thousand sqm <45.62%>), followed by the North (1,498 thousand sqm <25.43%), South (688 thousand sqm <11.68%>), Bekaa (492 thousand sqm <8.35%>), Beirut (365 thousand sqm <6.19%>), and Nabatieh (160 thousand sqm <2.72%>) regions.

Beirut enjoyed the highest exploitation coefficient which stood at 4,344 sqm per construction permit YTD August 2026, followed by the Mount Lebanon (1,338 sqm/transaction), Bekaa (1,312 sqm/transaction), South (1,159 sqm/transaction), North (734 sqm/transaction), and Nabatieh (636 sqm/transaction) governorates.