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Construction costs up 3 per cent in 2005
The construction cost of residential buildings increased by 3.0 per cent from December 2004 to December 2005. The construction cost index remained unchanged from November to December 2005.
The construction costs of multi-dwelling houses rose by 3.5 per cent, while detached houses of wood increased by 2.9 per cent from December 2004 to December 2005. The material costs of multi-dwelling houses and detached houses of wood rose by 3.3 and 2.4 per cent respectively in the same period.
Construction cost index for residential buildings. 2000=100 |
December 2005 | Change in per cent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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November-
December 2005 |
December 2004-
December 2005 |
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Residential buildings1 | 120.5 | 0.0 | 3.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, labour cost | 125.5 | 0.0 | 3.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, materials | 118.7 | 0.1 | 2.7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood | 119.9 | 0.0 | 2.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, materials | 117.5 | 0.1 | 2.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, other building work | 119.2 | 0.1 | 2.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, other building work, materials | 116.7 | 0.1 | 2.7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses | 123.1 | 0.1 | 3.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses, materials | 123.8 | 0.1 | 3.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | 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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