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Slight changes in construction costs
From June to July this year the construction costs of residential buildings increased by 0.2 per cent. The construction cost index increased by 3.0 per cent from July 2004 to July 2005.
The construction costs of multi-dwelling houses rose by 3.4 per cent last year, while detached houses of wood increased by 2.9 per cent. The material costs of multi-dwelling houses and detached houses of wood rose by 4.4 and 3.0 per cent respectively in the same period.
Construction cost index for residential buildings. 2000=100 |
July 2005 | Change in per cent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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June-July 2005 | July 2004-July 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings1 | 118.8 | 0.2 | 3.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, labour cost | 122.1 | 0.0 | 2.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, materials | 118.1 | 0.2 | 3.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood | 118.3 | 0.1 | 2.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, materials | 117.0 | 0.1 | 3.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, other building work | 117.7 | 0.1 | 2.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, other building work,materials | 116.1 | 0.2 | 3.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses | 120.8 | 0.2 | 3.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses, materials | 122.8 | 0.2 | 4.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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