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Building Consents Issued


March 2007

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Highlights


  • The trend for the number of new dwellings has been declining in recent months.

 

  • Consents were issued for 2,269 new dwellings in March 2007, compared with 2,299 in March 2006.
  • Consents were issued for 190 new apartments in March 2007, compared with 229 in February and 219 in January.

 

  • The value of consents issued for non-residential buildings was $413 million in March 2007, $45 million (12 percent) higher than in March 2006.


 





 

Dallas Welch
Acting Government Statistician

30 April 2007
Cat 72.900 Set 06/07 – 165


There is a companion Media Release published  – Building Consents Issued: March 2007.

 



  Building Consents Issued: March 2007 (pdf)



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