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Construction costs up 3.2 per cent
The construction costs of residential buildings increased by 3.2 per cent in October 2005 compared with October 2004. The construction costs of multi-dwelling houses and detached houses increased by 3.5 and 3.1 per cent respectively in the same period. During the last month the construction costs of detached houses rose by 0.3 per cent, while multi-dwelling houses increased by 0.2 per cent.
Construction cost index for residential buildings. 2000=100 |
October 2005 | Change in per cent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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September-
October 2005 |
October 2004-
October 2005 |
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Residential buildings1 | 119.5 | 0.3 | 3.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, labour cost | 122.8 | 0.0 | 3.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, materials | 118.6 | 0.3 | 3.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood | 119.0 | 0.3 | 3.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, materials | 117.5 | 0.3 | 2.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, other building work | 118.3 | 0.2 | 3.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, other building work, materials | 116.7 | 0.3 | 3.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses | 121.7 | 0.2 | 3.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses, materials | 123.5 | 0.3 | 4.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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Hanne Beate Høiby
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