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New dwellings may exceed 34 000 in 2007
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2007-12-11T10:00:00.000Z
Construction, housing and property;Svalbard
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Building statistics, October 2007

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New dwellings may exceed 34 000 in 2007

From January to October this year, the number of dwellings starts was 26 746. This is an increase of 2.9 per cent compared with the corresponding period last year. If the growth continues throughout 2007, the total number of dwellings starts will exceed 34 000.

Started non-residential utility floor space. Unadjusted and trend. January 1990-October 2007

Number of dwellings started. Unadjusted and trend. January 1990-October 2007

Utility floor space started for dwellings in the first ten months of 2007 has increased by 5.1 per cent to almost 3.4 million square metres compared with the corresponding period last year. The number of dwellings starts in October was 3 179, a decrease of 11.3 per cent compared with October 2006.

Strongest increase for commercial buildings

During the first ten months of this year, utility floor space started for industrial purposes was 3.4 million square metres. This is an increase of 19.2 per cent from last year.

Utility floor space started for holiday houses, residential garages etc. amounted to almost 1.2 million square metres in the period January to October. This is an increase of 10.8 per cent compared with the corresponding period in 2006.

Conversion to new property register

As of 5 November 2007 the municipalities will be transferred in groups from the Ground Parcel, Address and Building Register (GAB) to the new property register, Matrikkelen. All municipalities will be transferred by the end of February 2009. In connection with the conversion there may be some delay in the registration of the municipalities that are being transferred. The Norwegian Mapping and Cadastre Authority has an overview of transfer dates for each municipality.

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