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Construction costs up 3.6 per cent
The construction costs of residential buildings increased by 3.6 per cent from July last year to July this year. In the same period material costs rose by 4.4 per cent.
The construction costs of multi-dwelling houses and detached houses increased by 4.4 and 3.5 per cent respectively in the twelve months from July 2003 to July 2004. The increase was 0.4 per cent and 0.3 per cent in July this year.
Construction cost index for residential buildings.
2000=100 |
July 2004 | Change in per cent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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June-July
2004 |
July 2003-
July 2004 |
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Residential buildings1 | 115.3 | 0.3 | 3.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, labour cost | 118.8 | 0.0 | 3.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, materials | 114.3 | 0.7 | 4.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood | 115.0 | 0.3 | 3.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, materials | 113.6 | 0.6 | 3.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses | 116.8 | 0.4 | 4.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses, materials | 117.6 | 1.1 | 6.7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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