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Published: 25 April 2017

Cubic volume covered by granted building permits increased in December to February from one year ago

According to Statistics Finland, building permits were granted for a total of 7.2 million cubic metres in December to February. The cubic volume of building permits granted was 1.3 per cent higher than in the corresponding period one year previously. The cubic volume granted for residential building remained lower than in the corresponding period of the previous year, other building types grew.

Granted building permits and building starts, mil. m3, moving annual total

Residential building declined

The cubic volume of building permits granted for residential buildings in December to February was 2.1 million, which is 4.6 per cent lower than one year earlier.

Building permits were granted for a total of 7,221 dwellings in December to February. Their number fell by 2.5 per cent from the previous year.

Volume of building production is growing steadily

In December to February, the constant-price value or the volume of ongoing building production increased by 12.1 per cent year-on-year. The volume of construction of residential buildings increased in the period by 10.1 per cent and that of other than residential building construction by 13.6 per cent. Measured by volume, at the same time, 39.3 per cent more building projects and 22.0 per cent more residential building projects were started than one year earlier.

Volume index of newbuilding 2010=100, trend

Data of the statistics on building and dwelling production

The data of the statistics on building and dwelling production are based on the building permit data of the Population Register Centre. The register data are supplemented as municipal building supervisors provide data to the Population Information System and the now published data can become revised. The accumulation data from one year ago do not fully correspond with the accumulation of the current data and this causes bias in the change percentage calculation. For the latest months, the data still have undercoverage and will be supplemented over coming months.

Source: Building and dwelling production, Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Jose Lahtinen 029 551 3776, Heli Suonio 029 551 2481, Merja Järvinen 029 551 2458, rakennus.suhdanne@stat.fi

Director in charge: Mari Ylä-Jarkko

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Updated 25.4.2017