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Construction costs up 0.3 per cent
The construction costs of residential buildings increased by 0.3 per cent from February to March this year. From March 2007 to March 2008, the costs rose by 7.2 per cent.
The construction costs of multi-dwelling houses had the highest increase last month with 0.4 per cent. The cost increase of detached houses of wood was 0.3 per cent. The material costs of multi-dwelling houses and detached houses of wood rose by 0.8 and 0.5 per cent respectively.
From March last year to March this year the construction costs of detached houses of wood increased by 7.4 per cent, while multi-dwelling houses rose by 6.8 per cent. The material costs of detached houses of wood and multi-dwelling houses increased by 8.6 and 6.9 per cent in the same period.
March 2008 | Change in per cent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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February 2008- March 2008 | March 2007- March 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings 1 | 138.4 | 0.3 | 7.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, labour cost | 141.3 | 0.0 | 5.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, materials | 139.4 | 0.6 | 7.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood | 138.5 | 0.3 | 7.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, materials | 139.0 | 0.5 | 8.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, other building work | 138.4 | 0.4 | 7.7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, other building work, materials | 138.4 | 0.5 | 8.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses | 140.1 | 0.4 | 6.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses, materials | 144.0 | 0.8 | 6.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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