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Construction costs unchanged
The construction cost index of residential buildings remained unchanged from February to March this year. From March 2008 to March 2009 the cost increased by 2.8 per cent.
The construction cost of multi-dwelling houses and detached houses of wood rose by 3.0 and 2.7 per cent respectively from March 2008 to March 2009. The material costs of multi-dwelling houses increased by 2.8 per cent, while detached houses of wood rose by 1.2 per cent.
March 2009 | Change in per cent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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February 2009- March 2009 | March 2008- March 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings 1 | 142.3 | 0.0 | 2.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, labour cost | 148.0 | 0.0 | 4.7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, materials | 141.9 | -0.1 | 1.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood | 142.2 | 0.0 | 2.7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, materials | 140.7 | 0.0 | 1.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, other building work | 141.7 | 0.1 | 2.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, other building work, materials | 139.6 | 0.0 | 0.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses | 144.3 | -0.1 | 3.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses, materials | 148.0 | -0.1 | 2.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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