HELSINKI: Building costs rose by 0.8 per cent in September 2016 compared with the previous year’s September, according to Statistics Finland’s data. The prices of labour inputs in construction went up by 1.1 per cent and the prices of materials by 0.7 per cent. The prices of services fell by 0.2 per cent from one year ago, the data show.
From August to September, the total index of building costs grew by 0.1 per cent. The prices of labour inputs remained unchanged from the previous month while the prices of materials went up by 0.2 per cent and those of services decreased by 0.1 per cent from the month before.
