Building Consents Issued: September 2012

In September 2012:

• 1,520 new dwellings were consented, including 186 apartments (115 were retirement village units).
• The seasonally adjusted number of new dwellings consented, including apartments, increased 7.8 percent. Excluding apartments, there was a 5.6 percent increase.
• Earthquake-related consents identified in Canterbury totalled $58 million, including 34 new dwellings. 

In September 2012 compared with September 2011:

• Canterbury and Auckland regions had the largest increases in the number of new dwellings consented, up 176 and 152, respectively.
• The value of residential building consents rose 45 percent, to $577 million. 
• The value of non-residential building consents fell 1.8 percent, to $314 million.