The cement sale, a main indicator of construction activity, rose by 12.6 % in the first two months of 2025 after an increase of 7.5 % in the previous year, according to the management for studies and financial forecasts (Depf).
This increase is mainly due to a strong dynamic in several sectors: ready to use concrete (+24.5 %), distribution (+7.7 %), prefabricated (+24.4 %), infrastructure (+5.4 %) and buildings (+4 %).
With regard to real estate financing, the outstanding loans accelerated its growth to 2.8 % at the end of January 2025 and reached 311.8 billion DH.
Habitat loans rose by 1.9 %, while those that were intended for real estate developers recorded significant growth of 7.7 %, which has met the best performance for eight years.
