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Stable construction costs
The construction cost index for residential buildings remained unchanged from April to May this year. From May 2008 to May 2009 the costs rose by 2.2 per cent. The labour cost rose by 0.5 per cent and the material costs decreased by 0.4 per cent in the same period.
Both the construction cost of multi-dwelling houses and detached houses of wood increased by 2.2 per cent from May 2008 to May 2009. The material costs of multi-dwelling houses rose by 0.7 per cent, while detached houses of wood increased by 0.4 per cent in the same period.
Mai 2009 | Change in per cent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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April 2009-May 2009 | May 2008-May 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings 1 | 142.3 | 0.0 | 2.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, labour cost | 148.7 | 0.5 | 4.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, materials | 141.6 | -0.4 | 0.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood | 142.4 | 0.0 | 2.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, materials | 140.5 | -0.4 | 0.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, other building work | 141.8 | 0.0 | 1.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, other building work, materials | 139.5 | -0.3 | 0.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses | 144.1 | 0.0 | 2.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses, materials | 147.2 | -0.5 | 0.7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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