Building cost raises by 1.8% in February

Building costs rose by 1.8 per cent in February 2019 from one year back, according to Statistics Finland.

The prices of materials went up by 2.4 per cent, those of labour inputs by 1.4 per cent and those of services by 0.8 per cent compared with February 2018.

From January to February, the total index of building costs rose by 0.1 per cent.

The prices of materials rose by 0.2 per cent.

The prices of labour inputs and services remained unchanged from the previous month.