Statistics Norway

Construction cost index for residential buildings. 2000=100
  December 2008 Change in per cent
  November 2008-December 2008 December 2007-December 2008
Residential buildings1  142.1 -0.2 3.9
Residential buildings, labour cost  146.9 0.0 4.8
Residential buildings, materials  142.5 -0.2 3.5
       
Detached houses of wood  141.9 -0.1 3.4
Detached houses of wood, materials  140.9 -0.1 2.3
Detached houses of wood, other building work  141.3 -0.1 3.0
Detached houses of wood, other building work, materials  139.8 -0.1 1.8
       
Multi-dwelling houses  144.4 -0.3 4.6
Multi-dwelling houses, materials  149.1 -0.3 5.3
1  Construction cost index for residential buildings is weighted by index for detached houses of wood and index for multi-dwelling houses.

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