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Building Consents Issued


April 2007

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Highlights


In April 2007:

  • Consents were issued for 1,782 new dwellings, compared with 1,558 in April 2006.

 

  • Consents were issued for 204 new apartments, compared with 190 in March 2007 and 170 in April 2006.
  • The value of consents issued for residential buildings was $575 million, $131 million (30 percent) higher than in April 2006.

 

  • The value of consents issued for non-residential buildings was $297 million, $88 million (42 percent) higher than in April 2006.





 


Geoff Bascand
Government Statistician

30 May 2007
Cat 72.900 Set 06/07 – 183


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

 



  Building Consents Issued: April 2007 (pdf)



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