Building costs rose in January

Building costs rose by 0.6% in January 2020 from one year back.

According to Statistics Finland, labour costs went up by 1.8% and the prices of services by 1.4% compared with January 2019. The prices of materials fell by 0.4% from one year ago.

In January, the total index of building costs rose by 0.2% from the previous month. The prices of services went up by 0.7% in a month and those of materials by 0.2%. The labour costs remained on level with December.