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Construction costs up 6.3 per cent
Overall construction costs of residential buildings increased by 6.3 per cent from March last year to March this year. The material costs increased by 7.6 per cent in the same period.
From March 2006 to March 2007 the construction costs of detached houses of wood and multi-dwelling houses increased by 6.7 and 5.7 per cent respectively. The material costs rose by 7.7 and 7.3 per cent respectively in the same period.
The construction costs of residential buildings rose by 0.3 per cent last month. The material costs rose by 0.6 per cent in the same period.
Construction cost index for residential buildings. 2000=100 |
March 2007 | Change in per cent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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February 2007-March 2007 | March 2006-March 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings1 | 129.1 | 0.3 | 6.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, labour cost | 133.6 | 0.0 | 6.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, materials | 129.2 | 0.6 | 7.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood | 128.9 | 0.4 | 6.7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, materials | 128.0 | 0.5 | 7.7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, other building work | 128.5 | 0.3 | 7.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, other building work,materials | 127.1 | 0.6 | 7.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses | 131.1 | 0.2 | 5.7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses, materials | 134.7 | 0.6 | 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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