Building Consents Issued: November 2009

Highlights

The seasonally adjusted number of new dwellings authorised, excluding apartments, rose 3.1 percent, to reach the highest number since May 2008.
The trend for the number of new dwellings authorised, excluding apartments, has increased 43 percent since March 2009.
Consents for 1,458 new dwellings were authorised, excluding apartments.
Consents for 42 new apartment units were authorised.
The value of non-residential building consents decreased 2.3 percent, partly offset by a large increase in the hospitals and nursing homes category.

Graph, new dwellings authorised, excluding apartment units, monthly, 2002–09.

Geoff Bascand	14 January 2010
Government Statistician	ISSN 1178-0231