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Decrease in building of flats
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2013-08-16T10:00:00.000Z
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Building statistics, Q2 2013

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Decrease in building of flats

In the second quarter of 2013, building was started on 6 900 dwellings, with a total 992 000 square metres of utility floor space. New dwellings decreased by 7 per cent compared with the second quarter of 2012.

Building work started and completedPublished 16 August 2013
2nd quarter 20122nd quarter 2013Changes in per cent
Number of dwellings
Building work started7 4396 911-7.1
Buildings completed6 1106 5727.6
 
Utility floor space other than in dwellings, 1000 m2
Building work started1 374.31 529.611.3
Buildings completed950.8860.8-9.5

Source: Statistics Norway

The drop in building starts for multi-dwelling houses in particular pulled down the total, with a decrease of almost 39 per cent. However, when comparing the first halves of 2012 and 2013, there has been an increase in new flats of a good 1 per cent.

In the second quarter of 2013, building was started on 1 147 000 square metres of utility floor space within the industrial sector. This is an increase of a good 16 per cent. The level of building activity is especially high within the office and business sector and transport and communication buildings.