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Construction costs up 0.3 per cent
Overall construction costs of residential buildings increased by 0.3 per cent from January to February this year. The material costs increased by 0.5 per cent in the same period.
From January to February this year the construction costs of detached houses of wood and multi-dwelling houses increased by 0.4 and 0.2 per cent respectively.
On an annual basis, the construction costs of residential buildings rose by 6.3 per cent from February last year to February this year. Material costs rose by 7.4 per cent in the same period.
Wage statistics for the fourth quarter of 2006 are included in the construction costs index for February 2007.
Construction cost index for residential buildings. 2000=100 |
February 2007 | Change in per cent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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January 2007-February 2007 | February 2006-February 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings1 | 128.7 | 0.3 | 6.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, labour cost | 133.6 | 0.5 | 6.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, materials | 128.4 | 0.5 | 7.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood | 128.4 | 0.4 | 6.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, materials | 127.3 | 0.5 | 7.7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, other building work | 128.1 | 0.4 | 7.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, other building work,materials | 126.4 | 0.4 | 7.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses | 130.9 | 0.2 | 5.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses, materials | 133.9 | 0.5 | 7.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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