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Published: 15 December 2021

Building costs rose by 9.6 per cent in November, price of wood declining slowly

According to Statistics Finland, building costs rose by 9.6 per cent in November 2021 from one year back. The costs of materials went up by 13.7 per cent and labour costs by 6.5 per cent year-on-year. The prices of services fell slightly during the year, by 0.1 per cent.

Long term development of the Building Cost Index

From October to November, the total index of building costs rose by 0.3 per cent. The prices of materials went up by 0.5 per cent and those of services by 0.1 per cent from the month before. The prices of labour inputs remained on level with the previous month in November.

The price of timber made a moderate downturn in October. From October to November, it fell further by 2.6 per cent. However, the price of timber is as much as 57.4 per cent higher than one year ago. So far, the recovery of prices from the peak figures seems to be very slow.

Building cost index 2015=100, November 2021

Professional construction of new buildings		Weights	Index	Monthly change, %	Annual change, %
Total index		1000	114.1	0.3	9.6
By type of cost	Labour inputs	400	109.4	0.0	6.5
	Materials	510	119.7	0.5	13.7
	Services	90	103.3	0.1	-0.1
By purpose of use	Residential building	440	114.3	0.1	9.7
	Other building construction	560	113.9	0.4	9.6

Source: Building cost index, Statistics Finland

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• Appendix table 1. Input indices 2015=100, November 2021 (15.12.2021)
• Appendix table 2. Residential building 2015=100, November 2021 (15.12.2021)

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• Appendix figure 1. Input indices 2015=100, largest annual changes, per cent (15.12.2021)
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Updated 15.12.2021