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Published: 28 May 2014

Cubic volume covered by granted building permits grew by good 4 per cent in the first quarter of 2014 from the year before

According to the preliminary data of Statistics Finland's statistics on building and dwelling production, in the first quarter of 2014, building permits were granted for a total of 6.6 million cubic metres, which is 4.3 per cent more than one year ago. The cubic volume covered by building permits granted for residential buildings increased by 16.8 per cent over the same period.

Building permits granted and building starts, mil. m3, variable annual sum

In the release the data indicated with an asterisk (*) are preliminary data.

Number of building permits granted was nearly 30 per cent higher in March than one year previously

In March 2014, building permits were granted for a total of 3.0 million cubic metres. The growth amounted to 29.8 per cent year-on-year.

The cubic volume covered by permits for residential buildings grew by 88.2 per cent. The growth is mainly explained by the high cubic volume of building permits granted for residential blocks of flats.

The cubic volume granted for other than residential building went up by 5.6 per cent from the cubic volume granted one year ago.

The volume of newbuilding contracted in March by five per cent from one year back

In March 2014, the constant-price value or the volume of ongoing building production decreased by 4.8 per cent year-on-year.

The volume of residential building construction diminished in March by 12.2 per cent. The volume of other than residential building construction went up by 2.7 per cent from one year ago.

Volume index for newbuilding 2005=100, trend

Source: Building and dwelling production, Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Merja Järvinen 09 1734 2458, Heli Suonio 09 1734 2481

Director in charge: Hannele Orjala

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• Appendix table 1. Building permits, 1000 m3 (28.5.2014)
• Appendix table 2. Building permits monthly, 1000 m3 (28.5.2014)
• Appendix table 3. Building permits for dwellings, No. (28.5.2014)
• Appendix table 4. Building permits by region (28.5.2014)
• Appendix table 5. Volume index of newbuilding 2005=100 (28.5.2014)
• Appendix table 6. Newbuilding 1. quarter, 2014*, mil. m3 (28.5.2014)
• Appendix table 7. Building permits, mil. m3 (28.5.2014)
• Appendix table 8. Building starts, mil. m3 (28.5.2014)
• Appendix table 9. Building completions, mil. m3 (28.5.2014)
• Appendix table 10. Volume index of newbuilding 2005=100 (28.5.2014)
• Appendix table 11. Dwelling construction by building type 2005-2014, number, building permits and building starts (28.5.2014)
• Appendix table 12. Dwelling constructions by building type 2005-2014, number, buildings under construction and building completions (28.5.2014)
• Appendix table 13. Distribution of hours worked by professional construction workers in building construction, mil. hours (28.5.2014)

Figures

• Appendix figure 1. Housing production, sliding annual sum (28.5.2014)
• Appendix figure 2. Office and commercial buildings, sliding annual sum (28.5.2014)
• Appendix figure 3. Industrial buildings and warehouses, sliding annual sum (28.5.2014)
• Appendix figure 4. Volume index for newbuilding 2005=100, annual change % (28.5.2014)

Revisions in these statistics

• Revisions in these statistics (28.5.2014)

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Updated 28.5.2014