Building Consents Issued: March 2008

Highlights

For March 2008 compared with March 2007:

• Consents for new dwellings fell by 702 units, to 1,567.
• Consents for new apartments fell by 140 units, to 50.
• Consents for new dwellings fell by 479 units in the North Island and 
  by 223 in the South Island.
• Residential building consent values fell $169 million, to $541 million.
• Non-residential building consent values fell $59 million, to $354 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: March 2008.

Building Consents Issued: March 2008 (pdf)