Summary
The annual change rate of the New Housing Construction Cost Index stood at 1.1%, down by 0.1 percentage points from the rate observed in November. The annual change rate of the price index for Regular Maintenance and Repair Price Index was 3.3% (3.2% in the previous month). The average change rate in 2011 was 1.4% for the New Housing Construction Cost Index and 3.2% for the Housing Regular Maintenance and Repair Price Index.