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Construction costs up 2.6 per cent
The index of residential buildings rose by 2.6 per cent in September 2003 compared with September 2002. Material costs increased by 2.0 per cent in the same period.
On an annual basis, the construction costs of multi-dwelling houses rose by 2.8 per cent, while detached houses rose by 2.5 per cent last year. The index for electrical installations for detached houses and multi-dwelling houses increased by 4.8 and 4.6 per cent respectively in the same period.
The last month the construction costs of detached houses increased by 0.1 per cent, while multi-dwelling houses rose by 0.3 per cent.
Construction cost index for residential buildings. 2000=100 |
September2003 | Per cent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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August-September 2003 | September 2002-September 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings1 | 111.9 | 0.2 | 2.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, labour cost | 116.3 | 0.0 | 4.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, materials | 109.7 | 0.1 | 2.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood | 111.7 | 0.1 | 2.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, materials | 109.6 | 0.2 | 2.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses | 112.6 | 0.3 | 2.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses, materials | 110.5 | 0.2 | 1.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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