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Published: 15 July 2020

Building costs rose by 0.5 per cent in June year-on-year

Errors have been detected in the release. The data has been corrected 2 December 2020 .

According to Statistics Finland, building costs rose by 0.5 per cent in June 2020 compared with the previous year's June. Labour costs rose by 0.6 per cent and the prices of services by 0.5 per cent compared with June of the previous year. The prices of materials rose by 0.4 per cent from one year ago.

Long term development of the Building Cost Index

From May to June, the total index of building costs increased by 0.2 per cent. The labour costs and prices of services remained unchanged from the previous month, but the prices of materials increased by 0.4 per cent.

Building cost index 2015=100, June 2020

Professional construction of new buildings		Weights	Index	Monthly change, %	Annual change, %
Total index		1000	104.5	0.2	0.5
By type of cost	Labour inputs	400	104.0	-0.0	0.6
	Materials	510	105.1	0.4	0.4
	Services	90	103.0	0.0	0.5
By purpose of use	Residential building	440	104.5	0.2	0.4
	Other building construction	560	104.5	0.2	0.6

Source: Building cost index, Statistics Finland

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• Appendix table 1. Input indices 2015=100, June 2020 (15.7.2020)
• Appendix table 2. Residential building 2015=100, June 2020 (15.7.2020)

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• Appendix figure 1. Input indices 2015=100, largest annual changes, per cent (15.7.2020)
• Appendix figure 2. Index clause sub-indices P 2000=100 (15.7.2020)

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Updated 15.07.2020