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Construction costs unchanged
The index of residential buildings remained unchanged in November compared with October 2002.
The construction costs of residential buildings rose by 3.3 per cent in November 2002 compared with November 2001. Labour costs and material costs increased by 5.0 and 2.2 per cent respectively, in the same period.
The construction costs of multi-dwelling houses rose by 3.7 per cent last year, while detached houses of wood increased by 3.3 per cent. Material costs of multi-dwelling houses and detached houses of wood increased by 2.5 and 2.1 per cent respectively, in the same period.
Construction cost index for residential buildings. January 2000=100 |
November 2002 | Change in per cent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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October-November 2002 | November 2001-November 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings1 | 111.2 | 0.0 | 3.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, labour cost | 113.6 | 0.0 | 5.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, materials | 109.9 | 0.0 | 2.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood | 111.1 | 0.0 | 3.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, materials | 109.7 | 0.0 | 2.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses | 111.7 | 0.1 | 3.7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses, materials | 110.8 | -0.1 | 2.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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