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Stable construction costs
The construction costs of residential buildings increased by 0.2 per cent from January to February this year. Labour costs rose by 0.2 in the same period.
| February 2016 | |||
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| Change from last month, per cent | Change from last year, per cent | Index | |
| 1Construction cost index for residential buildings is weighted by index for detached houses of wood and index for multi-dwelling houses. | |||
| Residential buildings1 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 174.1 |
| Residential buildings, labour cost | 0.2 | 1.1 | 181.9 |
| Residential buildings, materials | 0.1 | 2.7 | 176.1 |
| Detached houses of wood | 0.1 | 1.9 | 175.2 |
| Detached houses of wood, materials | 0.0 | 2.6 | 175.6 |
| Detached houses of wood, other building work | 0.2 | 2.1 | 175.8 |
| Detached houses of wood, other building work, materials | 0.1 | 2.8 | 174.5 |
| Multi-dwelling houses | 0.4 | 1.8 | 174.1 |
| Multi-dwelling houses, materialsr | 0.1 | 2.6 | 182.1 |
Wage statistics for the fourth quarter of 2015 are included in the construction costs of February 2016.
From February 2015 to February 2016, the construction costs of detached houses of wood and multi-dwelling houses increased by 1.9 and 1.8 per cent respectively.
Contact
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Hanne Beate Høiby
E-mail: hanne.hoiby@ssb.no
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Mona Takle
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