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Construction costs up 0.4 per cent
The construction costs of residential buildings rose by 0.4 per cent from March to April this year. The material costs increased by 0.9 per cent in the same period.
The construction costs of detached houses of wood had the highest increase last month with 0.4 per cent. The increase in costs of multi-dwelling houses was 0.3 per cent. The material costs increased by 0.8 and 1.2 per cent respectively in the same period.
From April last year to April this year the construction costs of multi-dwelling houses rose by 6.3 per cent, while detached houses of wood increased by 5.8 per cent. The material costs rose by 6.1 and 5.3 per cent respectively in the same period.
April 2008 | Change in per cent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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March 2008-April 2008 | April 2007-April 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings 1 | 139.0 | 0.4 | 6.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, labour cost | 141.3 | 0.0 | 5.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, materials | 140.7 | 0.9 | 5.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood | 139.1 | 0.4 | 5.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, materials | 140.1 | 0.8 | 5.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, other building work | 139.0 | 0.4 | 5.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, other building work, materials | 139.5 | 0.8 | 5.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses | 140.5 | 0.3 | 6.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses, materials | 145.7 | 1.2 | 6.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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