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Increase in prices of new detached houses
Prices of new detached houses increased by 3.0 per cent from the fourth quarter of 2003 to the fourth quarter of 2004. However, from the third to the fourth quarter there was a fall in the prices of such housing. Adjusted for seasonal variations the prices increased by 0.9 per cent from the third to the forth quarter.
Prices of new detached houses reached a record low in the first quarter of 1993. Since then, the prices have increased by about 100 per cent. In comparison, the consumer price index has increased by 26.9 per cent in the same period, and the construction cost index for detached houses of wood has increased by 42.2 per cent.
A total of 506 observations have been used in the calculation of the index.
Price index for new detached houses. 4. quarter 2004.
2000=100 |
Index
4. quarter 2004 |
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3. quarter-
4. quarter |
4. quarter 2003-
4. quarter 2004 |
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Unadjusted index | 123.8 | -0.4 | 3.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seasonally adjusted index | 124.6 | 0.9 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The statistics is now published as Price index for new dwellings.
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