Building costs up by 1.7% in February

Building costs rose by 1.7 per cent in February 2018 from one year back, according to Statistics Finland.

The prices of materials went up by 2.5 per cent, those of services by 2.1 per cent and those of labour inputs by 0.6 per cent compared with February 2017.

From January to February, the total index of building costs rose by 0.2 per cent.

The prices of materials rose by 0.4 per cent in a month. The prices of labour inputs and services remained on level with January.