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Drop in dwellings continues
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2009-04-16T10:00:00.000Z
Construction, housing and property;Svalbard
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Building statistics, February 2009

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Drop in dwellings continues

In January-February this year, building starts were registered for 3 866 dwellings. This is a decrease of 17 per cent compared with the same period last year, and 36 per cent less than the peak level of January-February 2007.

Number of dwellings started. Unadjusted and trend. February 1995-February 2009

Started non-residential utility floor space. Unadjusted and trend. February 1995-February 2009

Building starts as a whole fell, measured in square metres of utility floor space, with 17 per cent in January-February 2009, compared with the same period last year. Correspondingly, started utility floor space for dwellings dropped 20.6 per cent, holiday property etc. fell by 21.6, and industrial buildings fell by 12.7 per cent.

Increasing delay in the registration of building starts

The average monthly registration delay for buildings started increased in 2008. This means that a larger share of older building projects are registered as started in the Ground Parcel, Address and Building Register (GAB). The decreasing trend may therefore be greater than what is shown by the building statistics. In addition, projects that have been registered as started may have been postponed for an indefinite time due to fall in demand.

Conversion to new property register

As of 5 November 2008, the municipalities will be transferred in groups from the Ground Parcel, Address and Building Register (GAB) to the new property register, Matrikkelen. All municipalities will be transferred by the end of February 2009. In connection with the conversion there may be some delay in the registration of the municipalities that are being transferred. The Norwegian Mapping and Cadastre Authority has an overview of transfer dates for each municipality .

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