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Construction costs up 0.2 per cent last month
The construction costs of residential buildings increased by 0.2 per cent from March to April this year. The material costs rose by 0.5 per cent in the same period. The construction costs of detached houses of wood and multi-dwelling houses increased by 0.3 and 0.2 per cent respectively last month.
From April 2005 to April 2006 the construction costs of residential buildings increased by 3.0 per cent, while material costs rose by 2.5 per cent in the same period.
Construction cost index for residential buildings. 2000=100 |
April 2006 | Change in per cent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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March 2006-
April 2006 |
April 2005-
April 2006 |
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Residential buildings1 | 121.8 | 0.2 | 3.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, labour cost | 125.7 | 0.0 | 3.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, materials | 120.7 | 0.5 | 2.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood | 121.2 | 0.3 | 2.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, materials | 119.5 | 0.6 | 2.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, other building work | 120.5 | 0.4 | 2.7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, other building work, materials | 118.5 | 0.5 | 2.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses | 124.4 | 0.2 | 3.7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses, materials | 126.1 | 0.5 | 3.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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Mona Takle
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