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Strong increase in construction costs in 2006
The construction costs of residential buildings increased by 5.5 per cent from December 2005 to December 2006. From November to December last year the construction costs rose by 0.2 per cent.
The construction costs of multi-dwelling houses rose by 5.6 per cent, while detached houses of wood increased by 5.4 per cent from December 2005 to December 2006. The material costs of multi-dwelling houses and detached houses of wood rose by 6.0 and 5.4 per cent respectively in the same period.
Construction cost index for residential buildings. 2000=100 |
December 2006 | Change in per cent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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November 2006-December 2006 | December 2005-December 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings1 | 127.1 | 0.2 | 5.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, labour cost | 132.9 | 0.2 | 5.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, materials | 125.2 | 0.2 | 5.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood | 126.4 | 0.2 | 5.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, materials | 123.8 | 0.2 | 5.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, other building work | 125.7 | 0.2 | 5.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, other building work,materials | 122.9 | 0.2 | 5.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses | 130.0 | 0.2 | 5.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses, materials | 131.2 | 0.2 | 6.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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