Building and dwelling production

Producer:	Statistics Finland
Data:	Latest release: Cubic volume of granted building permits decreased in February to April 27 Jun 2017 According to Statistics Finland, building permits were granted for a total of 10.3 million cubic metres in February to April 2017. The cubic volume of building permits granted was 3.6 per cent lower than in the corresponding period one year previously. The cubic volume of building permits granted for commercial and office buildings continued to grow significantly. The growth was affected by a couple of shopping centre projects whose share was around one-half of the total cubic volume. The cubic volume of building permits granted for residential buildings grew by under one per cent from one year ago. Next release: 21 Jul 2017
Description:	The statistics on building and dwelling production describe the volume of construction subject to building permits and the volume of production. The statistics describe domestic building production from the viewpoint of the end product. The volume is measured in the statistics with the cubic capacity and number of dwellings of building projects. The volume index of newbuilding describes changes in the value at constant prices of newbuilding in domestic building construction from the comparison period or the base year of the index. The statistics do not extend to conversions and renovations requiring building permits. Read full description >>>
Keywords:	building permits, building production, buildings, construction, dwelling production, dwellings, house construction, volume index of newbuilding. Statistics by keywords >>>
Change:	Previous months' data of the statistics on building and dwelling production have been updated 23 Jan 2017 There was an error in the September to October data of the statistics on building and dwelling production that concerned the calculation of the volume index of newbuilding.

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Building and dwelling production [e-publication].
ISSN=1798-9590. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 15.7.2017].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/ras/index_en.html