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Construction costs up 0.6 per cent
The construction costs of residential buildings increased by 0.6 per cent from January to February this year. Labour costs rose by 1.3 per cent, while material costs remained unchanged.
From January to February this year, the construction costs of multi-dwelling houses increased by 0.7 per cent. The costs of detached houses of wood rose by 0.6 per cent.
Wage statistics for the fourth quarter of 2009 are included in the construction costs for February 2010, and are the main reason for the cost increase from January.
From February 2009 to February 2010, the construction costs of detached houses of wood and multi-dwelling houses increased by 2.7 and 1.9 per cent respectively.
February 2010 | Change in per cent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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January 2010-February 2010 | February 2009-February 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings1 | 145.8 | 0.6 | 2.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, labour cost | 152.6 | 1.3 | 3.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, materials | 144.9 | 0.0 | 2.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood | 146.1 | 0.6 | 2.7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, materials | 144.2 | 0.0 | 2.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, other building work | 145.8 | 0.6 | 3.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, other building work, materials | 143.4 | 0.0 | 2.7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses | 147.1 | 0.7 | 1.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses, materials | 149.8 | -0.1 | 1.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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