New housing construction cost index
New Housing Construction Costs Index accelerated slightly
- December 2013
06 February 2014
Summary
The year-on-year change rate of the new housing construction costs index, in the Mainland, was 0.9% in December, up by 0.1 percentage points from the rate observed in November. The price index of regular maintenance and repair of housing year-on-year change rate stood at -0.8% in December, equal to November.
The annual average growth rate of the New Housing Construction Cost Index was 1.1% in 2013 (1.8% in the previous year) while the Housing Regular Maintenance and Repair Price Index presented a growth rate of 0.4% (2.6% in 2012).