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Construction costs up 0.2 per cent
The construction costs of residential buildings increased by 0.2 per cent from June to July this year. The material costs rose by 0.4 per cent in the same period.
The construction costs of multi-dwelling houses and detached houses of wood both increased by 0.2 per cent from June to July this year. The material costs rose by 0.5 and 0.3 per cent respectively.
From July last year to July this year the construction costs of residential buildings increased by 3.5 per cent, while the material costs rose by 3.4 per cent in the same period. The construction costs of multi-dwelling houses increased by 4.1 per cent, while detached houses of wood rose by 3.2 per cent. The material costs increased by 4.2 and 3.1 per cent respectively the last year.
Construction cost index for residential buildings. 2000=100 |
July 2006 | Change in per cent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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June 2006-
July 2006 |
July 2005-
July 2006 |
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Residential buildings1 | 123.0 | 0.2 | 3.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, labour cost | 126.6 | 0.0 | 3.7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, materials | 122.1 | 0.4 | 3.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood | 122.2 | 0.2 | 3.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, materials | 120.6 | 0.3 | 3.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, other building work | 121.5 | 0.2 | 3.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, other building work, materials | 119.6 | 0.3 | 3.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses | 125.8 | 0.2 | 4.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses, materials | 128.0 | 0.5 | 4.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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