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Dwellings up 30 per cent
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2011-11-29T10:00:00.000Z
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Building statistics, October 2011

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Dwellings up 30 per cent

Preliminary figures show a 29.8 per cent increase in new utility floor space for dwellings in January-October 2011, compared with the same period last year. Nevertheless, the utility floor space for other than dwellings decreased by 3.5 per cent.

A total of 22 711 new dwellings were given building starts in January-October; an increase of 5 789 dwellings compared with the same period last year.

A total of 3.3 million square metres of utility floor space for industrial buildings were started hitherto. This is 4.7 per cent less compared with the same period in 2010.

Holiday properties (cottages), private garages and other non-industrial activities similarly decreased by 0.2 per cent.

Number of dwellings started. Unadjusted and trend. January 1995-October 2011

Started non-residential utility floor space. Unadjusted and trend. January 1995-October 2011

Building work started. Preliminary figures
  October Changes in per cent January-October Changes in per cent
  20101 2011 20101 2011
Number of dwellings 2 072 2 949 42,3       16 922      22 711 34,2
             
Utility floor space, 1 000 m2            
Total  873.6  940.6 7.7 7 114.0 7 682.9 8.0
             
Dwellings  314.5  401.1 27.5 2 450.0 3 181.1 29.8
             
Other buildings  559.1  539.5 -3.5 4 663.9 4 501.8 -3.5
Industrial buildings2  411.5  381.4 -7.3 3 421.3 3 261.3 -4.7
Holiday property(cottages), private garages and other non-industrial activities  147.7  158.1 7.0 1 242.6 1 240.5 -0.2
1  The figures for all months from January 2008 until December 2010 where revised 11 March 2011.
2  Also Includes building for education, health and social work and public administration.

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Registered building permissions

Figures for buildings in the building statistics rely on dates for when permits are registered by the municipality in the data register (Matrikkelen). A building permit does not always mean that construction will be started at once. Especially in low conjunctures it might be that construction projects are not realised, or may be postponed after a building permit has been granted. When the building activity trend turns from a low to a high level, and vice versa, this could affect the interpretation of the statistics.

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