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Published: 23 May 2008

Cubic volume of granted building permits decreased clearly in March

In March 2008, building permits were granted for a total of 3.2 million cubic metres, which is a good one-third less than one year ago. Cubic volumes went down in all building types.

In January to March 2008, building permits were granted for 10 million cubic metres, which is 12 per cent less than in the corresponding period one year previously. The cubic volume of residential building permits decreased by roughly one-fifth and that of commercial and office building permits by one-fourth from the year before. The permitted cubic metres of agricultural buildings also decreased considerably from the previous year. By contrast, the cubic volume of industrial and warehouse buildings increased by one-fifth from January-March of the previous year.

Granted building permits, March and January-March 2008

	March 1,000 m3	Change % 3/2007 - 3/2008	2006 March: 1,000 m3	Change % 1-3/2007 - 1-3/2008
All buildings	3,191	-35	10,024	-12
- residential buildings	897	-30	2,318	-22
- free-time residential buildings	87	-17	259	0
- commercial and office buildings	696	-28	1,938	-25
- public service buildings	113	-64	667	0
- industrial and warehouse buildings	899	-37	3,561	20
- agricultural buildings	337	-41	809	-40
- other buildings	163	-38	472	-22
Dwellings, number	2,144	-28	5,325	-22

These data derive from the preliminary data of Statistics Finland's statistics on building permits, which are based on notifications submitted by municipal building supervision authorities about building projects subject to building permits.

Source: Granted building permits, 2008, March. Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Mr Kristian Taskinen, tel.+358 9 1734 2238, rakennus.suhdanne@stat.fi

Director in charge: Ms Hannele Orjala

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Last updated 23.5.2008