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Construction costs up 2.4 per cent
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Construction cost index for residential buildings, December 2003

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Construction costs up 2.4 per cent

The index of residential buildings rose by 2.4 per cent in December 2003 compared with December 2002. Material costs increased by 2.2 per cent in the same period.

The construction costs of multi-dwelling houses rose by 2.4 per cent last year, while detached houses of wood increased by 2.3 per cent. In the same period material costs of detached houses and multi-dwelling houses increased by 2.2 and 2.1 per cent respectively.

The construction costs of residential buildings rose by 0.6 per cent in December 2003 compared to the month before. Material costs increased by 0.1 in the same period. Wage statistics for the third quarter 2003 are included and contributed to an increase of labour costs by 1.5 per cent in December compared with November last year.

Construction cost index for residential buildings. 2000=100
  December2003 Change in per cent
      November-
December 2003 		    December 2002-
December2003
Residential buildings1  112.7 0.6 2.4
Residential buildings, labour cost  118.0 1.5 3.3
Residential buildings, materials  110.1 0.1 2.2
       
Detached houses of wood  112.5 0.5 2.3
Detached houses of wood, materials  109.9 0.0 2.2
       
Multi-dwelling houses  113.6 0.8 2.4
Multi-dwelling houses, materials  110.8 0.0 2.1
1  Construction cost index for residential buildings is weighted by index for detached
houses of wood and index for multi-dwelling houses.