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Construction costs up 0.6 per cent
The index of residential buildings increased by 0.6 per cent in September compared with August this year. Material costs rose by 0.3 per cent in the same period.
Wage statistics for second quarter of 2001 are included in construction costs of residential buildings for September and contribute to a cost increase of 0.6 per cent in September compared with August this year.
The cost of site preparation and plumbing increased most last month, by 1.0 and 0.9 per cent for detached houses respectively and 0.8 and 1.0 per cent for multi-dwelling houses in September compared with August this year.
The construction costs of residential buildings rose by 4.2 per cent in September 2001 compared with September 2000. Material cost increased by 4.1 per cent in the same period.
Construction cost index for residential buildings. January 2000=100 |
September 2001 | Per cent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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August-September 2001 | September 2000-September 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings1 | 107,5 | 0,6 | 4,2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, materials | 107,3 | 0,3 | 4,1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood | 107,4 | 0,6 | 4,1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, materials | 107,2 | 0,2 | 4,0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses | 107,6 | 0,7 | 4,5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses, materials | 107,6 | 0,3 | 4,3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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