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Small changes in construction costs
The index of residential buildings increased by 0.1 per cent in April compared with March this year. Material costs rose by 0.2 per cent in the corresponding period.
The material costs of site preparation increased the most last month, by 0.5 per cent for detached houses and by 0.3 per cent for multi-dwelling houses.
The construction costs of residential buildings rose by 3.2 per cent in April 2002 compared with April 2001. Labour costs and material costs increased by 4.3 and 2.5 per cent respectively, in the same period.
Construction cost index for residential buildings. January 2000=100 |
April 2002 | Per cent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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March-April 2002 | April 2001-April 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings1 | 109,6 | 0,1 | 3,2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, labour cost | 111,0 | 0,0 | 4,3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, materials | 109,0 | 0,2 | 2,5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood | 109,5 | 0,1 | 3,1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, materials | 108,8 | 0,2 | 2,4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses | 110,0 | 0,1 | 3,6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses, materials | 110,0 | 0,2 | 3,4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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