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New detached houses 7.1 per cent more expensive
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2012-06-28T10:00:00.000Z
Prices and price indices;Construction, housing and property
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Price index for new detached houses, Q1 2012

The price is connected to the quarter in which the local authorities register the construction work as completed and not at the time of entering into the sales contract. Therefore, the price index for new detached houses intercepts large changes in the market with a delay of almost one year.

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New detached houses 7.1 per cent more expensive

Prices of new detached houses increased by 1.0 per cent from the fourth quarter of 2011 to the first quarter of 2012. From the first quarter last year to the first quarter this year the prices increased by 7.1 per cent.

New detached houses, price index. 2000=100

Prices of new detached houses reached a record low in the first quarter of 1993. Since then, prices have increased by 212.2 per cent, while prices of used detached houses have increased by 298.7 per cent. The contractors' construction costs for detached houses of wood have increased by 92.7 per cent during the same period, according to Statistics Norway’s construction cost index .

A total of 617 observations have been used in the calculation of the index.

The complete time series can be found in StatBank .

Data sources

The data for calculating the price index are obtained from two different sources: the Norwegian cadastre and a quarterly survey. The cadastre provides information on dwellings completed during the reference period; location, utility floor space and who the owner is. Through the survey, Statistics Norway collects information about prices and quality characteristics that may have an influence on the price.

Time of measurement

The price is connected to the quarter in which the municipalities register the construction work as completed and not at the time of entering into the sales contract. Therefore, the price index for new detached houses intercepts large changes in the market with a delay of almost one year.

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