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Increased costs for plumbing installations
The cost of plumbing equipment increased by 3.9 per cent for detached houses and 4.8 per cent for multi-dwelling houses in March compared with February this year. The index for plumbing installations for detached houses and multi-dwelling houses rose by 2.3 and 2.8 per cent respectively.
The index of residential buildings increased by 0.4 per cent in March compared with February this year. Material cost increased by 0.7 per cent in the same period.
On an annual basis, the construction costs of residential buildings rose by 2.0 per cent and material costs rose by 2.5 per cent.
Construction cost index for residential buildings.
2000=100 |
March 2004 | Change in per cent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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February-
March 2004 |
March 2003-
March 2004 |
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Residential buildings1 | 113.7 | 0.4 | 2.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, labour cost | 118.2 | 0.0 | 3.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, materials | 111.7 | 0.7 | 2.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood | 113.5 | 0.4 | 2.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, materials | 111.4 | 0.6 | 2.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses | 114.8 | 0.4 | 1.7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses, materials | 113.1 | 1.2 | 3.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. |
Contact
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Hanne Beate Høiby
E-mail: hanne.hoiby@ssb.no
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Mona Takle
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