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Minor changes in construction costs
The construction costs of residential buildings increased by 0.3 per cent from January to February this year. Labour costs rose by 0.6 per cent, while material costs remained unchanged.
Wage statistics for the fourth quarter of 2011 are included in the construction costs of February 2012, and are the main reason for the cost increase from January.
From February 2011 to February 2012, the construction costs of detached houses of wood and multi-dwelling houses rose by 3.4 and 3.1 per cent respectively.
February 2012 | Change in per cent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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January 2012-February 2012 | February 2011-February 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings 1 | 156.2 | 0.3 | 3.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, labour cost | 162.5 | 0.6 | 3.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, materials | 156.5 | 0.0 | 3.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood | 156.5 | 0.3 | 3.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, materials | 155.4 | 0.0 | 3.7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, other building work | 156.2 | 0.3 | 3.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, other building work, materials | 154.2 | -0.1 | 3.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses | 157.6 | 0.3 | 3.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses, materials | 163.2 | 0.1 | 4.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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