Building Consents Issued: December 2009

Embargoed until 10:45am  –  29 January 2010

Highlights

  • The trend for the number of new dwellings authorised, excluding apartments, has increased 45 percent since March 2009. 
  • The seasonally adjusted number of new dwellings authorised, excluding apartments, fell 1.4 percent. 
  • Consents for 1,260 new dwellings were authorised, excluding apartments. 
  • Consents for 93 new apartment units were authorised. 
  • The value of non-residential building consents increased 5.6 percent. 

 Graph, new dwellings authorised, excluding apartment units, monthly, 2002-2009

 

 

Geoff Bascand 29 January 2010
Government Statistician ISSN 1178-0231