Building Consents Issued: January 2008

Highlights

For January 2008 compared with January 2007:

• Consents for new dwellings fell by 137 units, to 1,743.
• Consents for new apartments fell by 16 units, to 203.
• Consents for new dwellings fell by 155 units in the North Island and 
  rose by 18 in the South Island.
• Residential building consent values rose $5 million, to $543 million.
• Non-residential building consent values rose $70 million, to $316 million.

The trends for both the number of new dwellings and the value of residential buildings continue to decline.

There is a companion Media Release published – Building Consents Issued: January 2008.

Building Consents Issued: January 2008 (pdf)