Building Consents Issued: December 2007

Highlights

For December 2007 compared with December 2006:

• Consents for new dwellings fell by 145 units, to 1,738.
• Consents for new apartments rose by 101 units, to 214.
• Consents for new dwellings fell by 125 units in the South Island and
  21 in the North Island.
• Residential building consent values fell $25 million, to $539 million.
• Non-residential building consent values fell $2 million, to $331 million.

The trends for both the number of new dwellings and the value of residential buildings are declining.

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

Building Consents Issued: December 2007 (pdf)