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Construction cost index for residential buildings, April 2004

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Increase in steel prices

The material costs in multi-dwelling houses increased by 1.3 per cent in April compared with March this year. The increase is due to higher steel prices. For detached houses the material costs rose 0.7 per cent in the same period.

The index of residential buildings increased by 0.4 per cent in April compared with March this year. Material cost increased by 0.8 per cent in the same period.

On an annual basis, the construction costs of residential buildings rose by 2.5 per cent last year and material costs rose by 3.2 per cent in the same period.

Construction cost index for residential buildings.
2000=100
  April 2004 Change in per cent
  March-
April 2004 		April 2003-
April 2004
Residential buildings1  114.2 0.4 2.5
Residential buildings, labour cost  118.2 0.0 3.2
Residential buildings, materials  112.6 0.8 3.2
       
Detached houses of wood  114.0 0.4 2.6
Detached houses of wood, materials  112.2 0.7 2.9
       
Multi-dwelling houses  115.3 0.4 2.5
Multi-dwelling houses, materials  114.6 1.3 4.4
1  Construction cost index for residential buildings is weighted by index
for detached houses of wood and index for multi-dwelling houses.