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Construction costs up 3.9 per cent
The construction costs of residential buildings decreased by 0,2 per cent from November to December last year, but were 3.9 per cent higher in December 2008 than in December 2007. The material costs rose by 3.5 per cent in the same period.
From December 2007 to December 2008, construction costs of multi-dwelling houses increased by 4.6 per cent, while the costs of detached houses of wood rose by 3.4 per cent. The material costs of multi-dwelling houses and detached houses of wood increased by 5.3 and 2.3 per cent respectively.
The construction costs of multi-dwelling houses and detached houses of wood decreased by 0.3 and 0.1 per cent respectively from November to December last year.
December 2008 | Change in per cent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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November 2008-December 2008 | December 2007-December 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings 1 | 142.1 | -0.2 | 3.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, labour cost | 146.9 | 0.0 | 4.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, materials | 142.5 | -0.2 | 3.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood | 141.9 | -0.1 | 3.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, materials | 140.9 | -0.1 | 2.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, other building work | 141.3 | -0.1 | 3.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, other building work, materials | 139.8 | -0.1 | 1.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses | 144.4 | -0.3 | 4.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses, materials | 149.1 | -0.3 | 5.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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