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Prices of new detached houses up 5.7 per cent
statistikk
2009-04-07T10:00:00.000Z
Prices and price indices;Construction, housing and property
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Price index for new detached houses, Q4 2008

The price is connected to the quarter in which the local authorities register the construction work as completed and not at the time of entering into the sales contract. Therefore, the price index for new detached houses intercepts large changes in the market with a delay of almost one year.

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Prices of new detached houses up 5.7 per cent

Prices of new detached houses increased by 5.7 per cent from the fourth quarter of 2007 to the fourth quarter of 2008. From the third to the fourth quarter of 2008, the prices of new detached houses increased by 1.9 per cent.

New detached houses, price index. Seasonally adjusted. 2000=100

Adjusted for seasonal variations, prices of new detached houses increased by 1.5 per cent from the third to the fourth quarter.

From 2007 to 2008, the annual price index for new detached houses increased by 8.5 per cent. This is based on the average of the quarterly indexes. The contractors’ construction costs increased by 5.3 per cent in the same period, according to Statistics Norway’s construction cost index for detaches houses of wood.

A total of 516 observations have been used in the calculation of the index.

New detached houses, price index. 4th quarter 2008. 2000=100
  Index Change in per cent
  4th quarter 2008 3rd quarter 2008-
4th quarter 2008 		4th quarter 2007-
4th quarter 2008
Unadjusted index  173.4 1.9 5.7
Seasonally adjusted index  173.1 1.5 -

Data sources

The data for computing the price index are obtained from two different sources: Ground Parcel, Address and Building Register (GAB), and a quarterly survey. The GAB provides information on dwellings completed during the reference period; location, utility floor space and who the owner is. Through the survey Statistics Norway collect information about prices and quality characteristics that may have an influence on the price.

Time of measurement

The price is connected to the quarter in which the municipalities register the construction work as completed and not at the time of entering into sales contract. Therefore, the price index for new detached houses intercepts large changes in the market with a delay of nearly one year.

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