Building costs raise by 0.6% in January

Building costs rose by 0.6 per cent in January 2020 from one year back, according to Statistics Finland.

Labour costs went up by 1.8 per cent and the prices of services by 1.4 per cent compared with January 2019. The prices of materials fell by 0.4 per cent from one year ago.

In January, the total index of building costs rose by 0.2 per cent from the previous month.

The prices of services went up by 0.7 per cent in a month and those of materials by 0.2 per cent.

The labour costs remained on level with December.