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Construction costs up 0.8 per cent
From October to November this year the construction costs of residential buildings increased by 0.8 per cent. The construction cost index increased by 3.9 per cent from November 2004 to November 2005.
The construction costs of multi-dwelling houses rose by 4.4 per cent last year, while detached houses of wood increased by 3.7 per cent. The material costs of multi-dwelling houses and detached houses of wood rose by 3.7 and 2.6 per cent respectively in the same period.
Because of better topicality the wage statistics for the third quarter 2005 are included in the construction cost index of November instead of December.
Construction cost index for residential buildings. 2000=100 |
November 2005 | Change in per cent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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October-
November 2005 |
November 2004-
November 2005 |
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Residential buildings1 | 120.5 | 0.8 | 3.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, labour cost | 125.5 | 2.2 | 5.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, materials | 118.6 | 0.0 | 2.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood | 119.9 | 0.8 | 3.7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, materials | 117.4 | -0.1 | 2.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, other building work | 119.1 | 0.7 | 3.7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, other building work, materials | 116.6 | -0.1 | 2.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses | 123.0 | 1.1 | 4.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses, materials | 123.7 | 0.2 | 3.7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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