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Building Consents Issued: April 2008


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Highlights


For April 2008 compared with April 2007:

  • Consents for new dwellings excluding apartments rose by 24 units, to 1,602.
  • Consents for new apartments rose by 567 units, to 771.
  • Residential building consent values rose $70 million, to $645 million.
  • Non-residential building consent values rose $171 million, to $468 million.


The trend for the number of new dwellings excluding apartments has been declining since June 2007.




Geoff Bascand
Government Statistician

30 May 2008
ISSN 1178-0231



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


 



  Building Consents Issued: April 2008 (pdf)



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