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Stable construction costs
The index of residential buildings increased by 0.1 per cent in October compared with September this year. Material costs rose by 0.1 per cent in the same period.
The material costs of site preparation increased by 0.2 per cent last month for both detached houses and multi-dwelling houses.
The construction costs of residential buildings rose by 3.3 per cent in October 2002 compared with October 2001. Labour costs and material costs increased by 5.0 and 2.3 per cent respectively, in the same period.
Construction cost index for residential buildings. January 2000=100 |
October 2002 | Change in per cent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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September-October 2002 | October 2001-October 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings1 | 111.2 | 0.1 | 3.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, labour cost | 113.6 | 0.0 | 5.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, materials | 109.9 | 0.1 | 2.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood | 111.1 | 0.1 | 3.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, materials | 109.7 | 0.2 | 2.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses | 111.6 | 0.1 | 3.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses, materials | 110.9 | 0.1 | 2.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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