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Published: 12 December 2008

Growth rate of building costs slowed down to 2.5 per cent in November

Building costs rose by 2.5 per cent from November 2007 to November 2008. Labour costs in construction went up by 3.3 per cent, prices of materials by 1.7 per cent and those of other inputs by 3.6 per cent year-on-year. This is indicated by the building cost index of Statistics Finland.

From October to November 2008, the total index of building costs went down by 0.8 per cent. The prices for labour went down by 1.0 procent, the prices of materials by 0.6 procent and the prices of those for other inputs by 1.0 per cent.

Building Cost Index (2005 = 100) and its year-on-year and month-on-month changes

Index November
2008
Change %
11/2007 - 11/2008
Change %
10/2008 - 11/2008
Building trade newbuilding      
Total index 114.6 2.5 -0.8
    Labour 111.4 3.3 -1.0
    Materials 116.1 1.7 -0.6
    Other inputs 116.2 3.6 -1.0
       
By type of building      
Newbuilding      
    Blocks of flats 114.6 1.7 -0.6
    Detached residential houses 114.2 1.6 -0.8
    Office and commercial buildings 114.2 2.7 -0.9
    Industrial and warehouse buildings 115.2 3.5 -0.7
    Agricultural production buildings 118.2 -0.8 -1.0

Source: Building cost index 2008, November. Statistics Finland

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Last updated 12.12.2008

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Building cost index [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-5841. November 2008. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 29.3.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/rki/2008/11/rki_2008_11_2008-12-12_tie_001_en.html