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Slight changes in construction costs
From March to April 2005 the construction costs of residential buildings increased by 0.1 per cent, while the material costs rose by 0.2 per cent. The construction cost index increased by 3.5 per cent from April 2004 to April 2005.
The construction costs of multi-dwelling houses rose by 4.1 per cent last year, while detached houses of wood increased by 3.3 per cent. The material costs of multi-dwelling houses and detached houses of wood rose by 6.5 and 4.0 per cent respectively in the same period.
Construction cost index for residential buildings. 2000=100 |
April 2005 | Change in per cent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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March-April 2005 |
April 2004-
April 2005 |
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Residential buildings1 | 118.2 | 0.1 | 3.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, labour cost | 121.6 | 0.0 | 2.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, materials | 117.6 | 0.2 | 4.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood | 117.8 | 0.1 | 3.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, materials | 116.7 | 0.3 | 4.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, other building work | 117.3 | 0.2 | 3.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, other building work,materials | 115.7 | 0.3 | 3.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses | 120.0 | 0.1 | 4.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses, materials | 122.1 | 0.1 | 6.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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