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Stable construction costs
The index of residential buildings remained unchanged in July compared with June 2003. Material cost increased by 0.2 per cent in the same period.
On an annual basis, the construction costs of residential buildings rose by 2.9 per cent from July last year to July this year. Material costs increased by 2.1 per cent and labour costs rose by 4.6 per cent in the same period.
The construction costs of multi-dwelling houses rose by 3.1 per cent last year, while detached houses of wood increased by 2.8 per cent.
Construction cost index for residential buildings. 2000=100 |
July2003 | Per cent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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June-July 2003 | July 2002-July 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings1 | 111.3 | 0.0 | 2.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, labour cost | 115.2 | 0.0 | 4.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, materials | 109.5 | 0.2 | 2.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood | 111.1 | 0.0 | 2.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, materials | 109.3 | 0.1 | 2.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses | 111.9 | -0.1 | 3.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses, materials | 110.2 | 0.1 | 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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