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Construction costs up 3.8 per cent
The construction costs of residential buildings increased by 3.8 per cent from December 2003 to December 2004. The index of residential buildings rose by 0.9 per cent in December 2004. The increase is mainly due to wage statistics for the third quarter 2004 is included in December last year.
Construction cost index for residential buildings. 2000=100 |
December2004 | Change in per cent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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November-December 2004 | December 2003-December 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings1 | 117.0 | 0.9 | 3.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, labour cost | 121.1 | 1.8 | 2.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, materials | 115.6 | 0.3 | 5.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood | 116.5 | 0.8 | 3.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, materials | 114.7 | 0.3 | 4.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses | 118.9 | 0.9 | 4.7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses, materials | 119.9 | 0.5 | 8.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. |
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