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Construction costs up 3.5 per cent
The construction costs of residential buildings increased by 3.5 per cent from June last year to June this year. The material costs rose by 3.1 per cent in the same period.
The construction costs of multi-dwelling houses increased by 4.1 per cent, while costs for detached houses of wood rose by 3.2 per cent last year. The material costs of multi-dwelling houses and detached houses of wood increased by 3.9 and 2.8 per cent respectively.
From May to June this year the construction costs of residential buildings increased by 0.2 per cent, while the material costs rose by 0.5 per cent in the same period.
Construction cost index for residential buildings. 2000=100 |
June 2006 | Change in per cent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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May 2006-
June 2006 |
June 2005-
June 2006 |
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Residential buildings1 | 122.7 | 0.2 | 3.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, labour cost | 126.6 | 0.0 | 3.7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, materials | 121.6 | 0.5 | 3.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood | 122.0 | 0.2 | 3.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, materials | 120.2 | 0.4 | 2.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, other building work | 121.3 | 0.3 | 3.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, other building work, materials | 119.3 | 0.4 | 2.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses | 125.6 | 0.3 | 4.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses, materials | 127.3 | 0.7 | 3.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
E-mail: hanne.hoiby@ssb.no
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Mona Takle
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