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Construction cost index for residential buildings, August 2014

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Minor changes in construction costs

The construction costs of residential buildings rose by 0.2 per cent from July to August this year, and are 3.3 per cent higher than in August 2013. Labour costs increased by 0.5 per cent, while material costs remained unchanged in the same period.

Construction cost index for residential buildings. 2000=100Published 10 September 2014
August 2014
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 3.3 168.7
Residential buildings, labour cost 0.5 2.9 176.6
Residential buildings, materials 0.0 4.2 169.6
Detached houses of wood 0.2 3.7 169.7
Detached houses of wood, materials 0.0 4.7 169.3
Detached houses of wood, other building work 0.2 4.0 169.9
Detached houses of wood, other building work, materials -0.1 4.7 168.1
Multi-dwelling houses 0.4 2.6 168.8
Multi-dwelling houses, materialsr 0.0 3.2 175.0

Source: Statistics Norway

Figure 1. Construction cost index for residential buildings. Percentage change from the same month one year before
Figure 2. Construction cost index for residential buildings. Material indices for timber, concrete and steel. 2005=100
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  • Figure 1. Construction cost index for residential buildings. Percentage change from the same month one year before
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Figure 1. Construction cost index for residential buildings. Percentage change from the same month one year beforeFigure 2. Construction cost index for residential buildings. Material indices for timber, concrete and steel. 2005=100

Wage statistics for the second quarter of 2014 are included in the construction costs of August 2014, and are the main reason for the cost increase from July.

From August 2013 to August 2014, the construction costs of detached houses of wood and multi-dwelling houses increased by 3.7 and 2.6 per cent respectively.