Statistics Norway

Construction cost index for residential buildings. 2000=100
  August 2009 Change in per cent
  July 2009-August 2009 August 2008-August 2009
Residential buildings1  143.6 0.6 2.1
Residential buildings, labour cost  150.3 1.1 4.5
Residential buildings, materials  142.8 0.4 0.6
       
Detached houses of wood  143.7 0.6 2.3
Detached houses of wood, materials  141.8 0.4 1.0
Detached houses of wood, other building work  143.2 0.6 2.3
Detached houses of wood, other building work, materials  140.9 0.4 1.2
       
Multi-dwelling houses  145.2 0.6 1.5
Multi-dwelling houses, materials  148.2 0.3 -0.1
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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