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Increase in new dwellings
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2011-07-04T10:00:00.000Z
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Building statistics, May 2011

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Increase in new dwellings

Preliminary figures show a marked increase in new dwellings in January-May 2011 compared with the same period last year. The number of new dwellings increased by 42 per cent, while utility floor space for other than dwellings increased by 0.7 per cent.

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

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

A total of 12 028 new dwellings were given building starts in January-May; an increase of 3 576 dwellings compared with the same period last year. In all, building starts were given for 4 million square metres of utility floor space; an increase of 15 per cent.

Small increase for other buildings

A total of 1.7 million square metres of utility floor space for industrial buildings were started hitherto. This is 3.8 per cent less compared with the same period in 2010. Holiday properties (cottages), private garages and other non-industrial activities similarly increased by 15 per cent

In all, building starts of utility floor space for other than dwellings increased by 0.7 per cent.

Building work started. Preliminary figures
  May Changes
in per cent 		January-May Changes
in per cent
  20101 2011 20101 2011
Number of dwellings 1 305 2 034 55.9 8 452 12 028 42.3
             
Utility floor space, 1 000 m2            
Total  575.8  681.6 18.4 3 483.0 4 002.6 14.9
             
Dwellings  199.2  299.2 50.2 1 159.2 1 662.0 43.4
             
Other buildings  376.6  382.4 1.5 2 323.8 2 340.6 0.7
Industrial buildings2  287.5  267.1 -7.1 1 780.6 1 713.7 -3.8
Holiday property(cottages), private garages and other non-industrial activities 89.1  115.3 29.4  543.2  627.0 15.4
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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