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Construction costs rose by 0.4 per cent
The construction cost of residential buildings in Norway increased by 0.4 per cent in February compared with January this year. Material costs rose by 0.6 per cent in the same period. The cost of plumbing work increased the most.
Over the course of the past month the index for plumbing work rose by 2.3 per cent for detached houses and 3.0 per cent for multi-dwelling houses. The index for site preparation work for detached houses and multi-dwelling houses rose by 1.2 and 1.6 per cent respectively.
The construction costs of residential buildings rose by 5.4 per cent in February 2001 compared with February 2000. Material cost increased by 5.1 per cent in this period.
Construction cost index for residential buildings. January 2000=100 |
February 2001 | Per cent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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January-February 2001 | February 2000-February 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings1 | 105,8 | 0,4 | 5,4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, materials | 105,7 | 0,6 | 5,1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood | 105,8 | 0,4 | 5,4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, materials | 105,7 | 0,6 | 5,1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses | 105,7 | 0,4 | 5,2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses, materials | 105,8 | 0,7 | 5,1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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Hanne Beate Høiby
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Mona Takle
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