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Small changes in construction costs
The index of residential buildings decreased by 0.1 per cent in April 2003, when compared with April 2002. Material costs increased by 0.1 per cent in the same period.
The construction costs of multi-dwelling houses and detached houses of wood decreased by 0.4 and 0.1 per cent respectively last month.
On an annual basis, the construction costs of multi-dwelling houses rose by 4.2 per cent, while detached houses rose by 3.3 per cent.
Construction cost index for residential buildings. 2000=100 |
April 2003 | Per cent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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March-April 2003 | April 2002-April 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings1 | 111.4 | -0.1 | 3.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, labour cost | 114.5 | 0.0 | 4.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, materials | 109.1 | 0.1 | 2.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood | 111.1 | -0.1 | 3.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, materials | 109.0 | 0.2 | 2.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses | 112.5 | -0.4 | 4.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses, materials | 109.8 | 0.2 | 2.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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