Content
Published:
This is an archived release.
Construction costs up 0.6 per cent
The construction costs of residential buildings increased by 0.6 per cent from September to October this year. The material costs rose by 1.0 per cent in the same period.
The construction costs of detached houses of wood increased by 0.7 per cent, while costs of multi-dwelling houses rose by 0.3 per cent the last month. The material costs of detached houses of wood and multi-dwelling houses increased by 1.2 and 0.6 per cent respectively in the same period.
From October last year to October this year the construction costs of residential buildings rose by 7.4 per cent. The construction costs of detached houses of wood and multi-dwelling houses increased by 8.5 and 5.6 per cent respectively.
October 2007 | Change in per cent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
September 2007- October 2007 | October 2006- October 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings 1 | 134.3 | 0.6 | 7.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, labour cost | 135.5 | 0.0 | 5.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, materials | 137.4 | 1.0 | 10.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood | 134.9 | 0.7 | 8.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, materials | 137.4 | 1.2 | 11.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, other building work | 135.3 | 0.8 | 9.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, other building work, materials | 137.1 | 1.3 | 12.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses | 135.0 | 0.3 | 5.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses, materials | 141.3 | 0.6 | 8.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Construction cost index for residential buildings is weighted by index for detached houses of wood and index for multi-dwelling houses. |
Tables
Contact
-
Hanne Beate Høiby
E-mail: hanne.hoiby@ssb.no
tel.: (+47) 40 81 14 28
-
Mona Takle
E-mail: mona.takle@ssb.no
tel.: (+47) 40 81 14 12