Construction 2012 Building and dwelling production 2012 September, 3rd quarter Cubic volume covered by granted building permits fell by 18 per cent in the third quarter of 2012 from last year According to the preliminary data of Statistics Finland's statistics on building and dwelling production, in July-September 2012 building permits were granted for a total of 7.3 million cubic metres, which is 17.7 per cent less than one year ago. The cubic volume covered by permits granted for residential fell by 9.7 per cent over the same period. Building permits granted and building starts, mil. m3, variable annual sum n the release the data indicated with an asterisk (*) are preliminary data. Cubic volume covered by granted building permits decreased by good 26 per cent in September n September 2012, building permits were granted for a total of 2.6 million cubic metres, which is 26.4 per cent less than one year earlier. This is indicated by Statistics Finland s preliminary data from statistics on building and dwelling production. Helsinki 27.11.2012 Quoting is encouraged provided Statistics Finland is acknowledged as the source.
The cubic volume covered by permits granted for residential decreased by 23.1 per cent in September. Measured by volume, permits for both detached and residential blocks of flats went down: detached by 27.8 per cent and residential blocks of flats by 23.5 per cent. The cubic volume covered by permits for terraced grew by 7.7 per cent in September from one year ago. The cubic volume covered by permits granted for other than residential was 28.2 per cent lower this September than in September. The cubic volume covered by permits granted decreased in September for all major building types: public service by 41.3 per cent, industrial and warehouse by 36.5 per cent, and commercial and office by 15.5 per cent. n September 2012, building permits were granted for 2,467 dwellings, which is 19.5 per cent less than one year earlier. The number of permits for detached decreased most. The volume of newbuilding dropped in September by nearly 11 per cent from one year back n September 2012, the constant-price value or the volume of ongoing building production decreased by 10.9 per cent year-on-year. The volume of residential building construction contracted by 8.2 per cent from September. The slowdown in housing construction is especially visible in the volume of detached, which decreased by 10.5 per cent from last year. At the same time, the volume of construction of residential blocks of flats contracted by 5.4 per cent and that of terraced by 1.4 per cent. The volume of other than residential building construction went down by 13.5 per cent in September. n September, the volume of construction of industrial and warehouse diminished most, by 30.5 per cent from one year ago. The volume of construction of commercial and office fell by 12.9 per cent over the same period. The volume of public service building construction grew by 2.9 per cent in September from last year's September. Volume index for newbuilding 2005=100, trend 2
Contents Tables Appendix tables Appendix table 1. Building permits, 1000 m3...4 Appendix table 2. Building permits monthly, 1000 m3...4 Appendix table 3. Building permits for dwellings, No...4 Appendix table 4. Building permits by region...4 Appendix table 5. Volume index of newbuilding 2005=100...5 Appendix table 6. Newbuilding 3. quarter,, mil. m3...6 Appendix table 7. Building permits, mil. m3...6 Appendix table 8. Building starts, mil. m3...7 Appendix table 9. Building completions, mil. m3...7 Appendix table 10. Volume index of newbuilding 2005=100...8 Appendix table 11. Dwelling construction by building type 2003-2012, number, building permits and building starts...8 Appendix table 12. Dwelling constructions by building type 2003-2012, number, under construction and building completions...9 Figures Appendix figures Appendix figure 1. Housing production, sliding annual sum...10 Appendix figure 2. Office and commercial, sliding annual sum...10 Appendix figure 3. ndustrial and ware, sliding annual sum...10 Appendix figure 4. Volume index for newbuilding 2005=100, annual change %...11 3
Appendix tables Appendix table 1. Building permits, 1000 m3 Building type All Residential Free-time residential Commercial and office Public service ndustrial and warehouse Agricultural Other 9/ Annual change% 1) 2 586 939 66 298 155 654 266 207-26 -23-34 -16-41 -36-11 -17 1-9/ Annual change% 1) 28 719 9 978 734 4 645 2 402 6 002 2 536-17 -11-17 -21 24-34 -19 Variable annual sum* 36 481 12 479 938 5 811 3 111 7 685 3 490 Annual change% 1) 1) Change percentages for the year on which data are preliminary have been calculated using the preliminary data of corresponding level from the previous year. 2 421-5 2 967-17 -13-18 -27 29-29 -12-5 Appendix table 2. Building permits monthly, 1000 m3 X X X X V V V V V X All Residential 40 804 41 208 43 801 3 772 2 713 2 723 2 327 1 773 2 329 3 306 3 528 4 171 6 341 1 957 2 728 2 586 10 755 13 956 14 167 1 299 959 855 687 672 810 1 142 1 380 1 450 1 746 706 1 132 939 Free-time residential 1 221 1 303 1 136 107 83 79 43 40 59 85 104 122 114 73 71 66 Commercial and office 8 714 7 096 7 189 376 465 300 400 314 305 590 405 481 1 649 340 261 298 Public service 3 681 3 124 2 750 287 233 311 166 111 286 172 357 391 668 66 196 155 ndustrial and warehouse 8 161 8 217 11 164 1 103 452 671 560 271 469 726 679 945 1 386 364 509 654 Agricultural 5 227 4 354 4 173 324 296 322 337 249 242 356 319 364 296 191 251 266 Appendix table 3. Building permits for dwellings, No. Building type 9/ Annual change% 1-9/ Annual change% Variable annual sum* Annual change% All 2 467-19 24 414-12 30 613-14 Detached 650-31 7 953-13 9 960-13 Attached 318 0 3 091-10 3 970-5 Blocks of flats 1 476-15 12 844-10 16 080-16 Other than residential 23-66 526-31 603-35 4
Appendix table 4. Building permits by region Region Volume (1000 m3) Dwellings (No.) Free time residential (No.) 1-9/ 1-9/ 1-9/ 1-9/ 1-9/ 1-9/ All regions 28 719 36 038 24 414 28 330 3 519 4 216 Continental Finland 28 622 35 874 24 366 28 116 3 491 4 150 Uusimaa 7 590 9 099 8 270 9 520 261 279 Metropolitan area 5 399 5 899 6 192 6 696 13 27 Varsinais-Suomi 2 390 2 951 1 492 2 332 323 407 Satakunta 1 158 1 332 581 867 100 114 Kanta-Häme 596 1 540 424 668 98 113 Pirkanmaa 2 349 3 312 2 366 3 233 267 295 Päijät-Häme 955 1 021 867 702 120 209 Kymenlaakso 855 1 219 458 578 107 133 South Karelia 745 795 366 497 155 161 Etelä-Savo 747 913 489 544 366 395 Pohjois-Savo 1 288 1 881 1 246 1 081 172 235 North Karelia 874 895 883 830 154 183 Central Finland 1 571 1 528 1 410 1 614 259 306 South Ostrobothnia 1 529 1 974 1 147 982 113 122 Ostrobothnia 1 369 1 539 964 767 196 228 Central Ostrobothnia 473 393 258 317 40 67 North Ostrobothnia 2 708 2 873 2 194 2 472 270 336 Kainuu 387 514 145 216 150 157 Lapland 1 039 2 096 806 896 340 410 Åland 97 164 48 214 28 66 Appendix table 5. Volume index of newbuilding 2005=100 X X X X V V V V V X All Residential 85,7 96,9 104,0 116,6 117,8 116,2 107,8 103,6 92,3 85,8 82,9 85,6 91,4 95,1 100,7 103,9 62,9 91,4 97,7 111,2 115,0 111,9 102,2 96,0 85,4 78,1 75,8 77,7 82,7 86,8 95,1 102,1 Free-time residential 96,5 112,1 102,2 136,2 135,9 123,9 106,1 98,2 80,8 69,2 62,8 68,9 79,8 94,9 110,0 118,8 Commercial and Public service office 131,8 119,1 126,6 129,8 125,4 132,3 131,0 136,1 122,1 123,5 118,5 116,3 115,1 116,1 114,3 113,0 110,0 118,7 110,2 105,6 105,6 110,0 107,0 105,5 104,4 101,8 99,2 101,2 111,4 106,4 108,5 108,7 ndustrial and warehouse 102,7 75,0 102,1 111,7 111,9 113,9 109,0 107,8 98,0 88,1 82,1 79,4 75,8 75,6 78,3 77,6 Agricultural 95,2 94,7 95,8 119,6 124,3 117,5 106,7 98,8 79,0 66,3 61,8 71,1 86,8 91,5 102,7 107,7 5
Appendix table 6. Newbuilding 3. quarter,, mil. m3 Building type All Residential Free-time residential Commercial and office Public service ndustrial and warehouse Agricultural Non-residential Building permits granted 3. quarter 7,27 2,78 0,21 0,90 0,42 1,53 0,71 0,73 %-change /2012 1) -18-10 -22-16 -19-40 Building starts 3. quarter %-change /2012 8,78 3,19 0,27 1,30 0,63 1,82-17 -10-15 -20 0-27 Building completions 3. quarter 7,30 2,62 0,27 1,96 0,47 0,90 %-change /2012 1) 1) Change percentages for the year on which data are preliminary have been calculated using the preliminary data of corresponding level from the previous year. 8 2 0,73 0,83-28 -6 0,49 0,59 4 5-6 140-57 -18-22 -2 Appendix table 7. Building permits, mil. m3 Year and quater 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 V All Residential 43,98 43,44 47,64 52,48 57,40 50,55 40,80 41,21 43,80 9,57 17,08 9,39 7,76 7,41 14,04 7,27 14,74 15,01 16,37 16,27 14,89 11,74 10,76 13,96 14,17 2,92 5,48 3,27 2,50 2,62 4,58 2,78 Free-time residential 1,29 1,39 1,45 1,51 1,54 1,46 1,22 1,30 1,14 0,20 0,43 0,29 0,20 0,18 0,34 0,21 Commercial and office 7,57 5,69 6,13 10,38 12,53 9,19 8,71 7,10 7,19 1,73 3,21 1,09 1,17 1,21 2,54 0,90 Public service 3,29 2,80 2,75 2,29 2,62 3,06 3,68 3,12 2,75 0,56 0,90 0,59 0,71 0,57 1,41 0,42 ndustrial and warehouse 9,57 10,92 12,75 12,98 16,71 16,31 8,16 8,22 11,16 2,54 4,27 2,67 1,68 1,47 3,01 1,53 Agricultural 4,27 4,16 4,62 5,32 5,50 5,36 5,23 4,35 4,17 1,07 1,44 0,70 0,95 0,85 0,98 0,71 6
Appendix table 8. Building starts, mil. m3 Agricultural ndustrial and warehouse Public service Commercial and office Free-time residential Residential All Year and quarter 3,60 7,83 2,73 5,94 0,99 12,66 35,91 2003 3,35 8,78 3,12 5,46 1,09 13,51 37,69 2004 3,98 11,80 2,38 5,77 1,16 14,98 42,70 2005 4,23 9,97 1,92 8,20 1,16 15,10 43,25 2006 4,48 15,17 2,42 12,18 1,26 13,51 51,67 2007 3,54 12,54 3,08 8,52 1,14 10,57 41,87 2008 3,63 6,58 2,93 5,82 0,98 9,20 31,50 3,73 7,90 3,08 6,42 1,16 13,59 38,37 3,10 8,93 2,60 6,91 1,01 12,87 38,03 0,31 1,11 0,28 1,48 0,11 2,09 5,66 1,26 3,50 0,91 2,94 0,41 4,76 14,73 1,02 2,50 0,63 1,63 0,32 3,55 10,53 0,51 1,83 0,79 0,85 0,17 2,48 7,11 V 0,33 1,59 0,44 1,25 0,11 1,77 5,78 1,28 1,75 0,75 1,77 0,32 4,53 11,24 0,73 1,82 0,63 1,30 0,27 3,19 8,78 Appendix table 9. Building completions, mil. m3 Agricultural ndustrial and warehouse Public service Commercial and office Free-time residential Residential All Year and quarter 3,92 8,62 3,55 4,93 0,99 10,98 34,71 2003 3,44 8,25 2,88 5,20 0,99 12,37 35,13 2004 3,75 9,12 2,10 6,04 1,06 14,41 38,59 2005 3,93 8,15 3,44 5,61 1,04 14,70 39,00 2006 4,24 11,76 1,87 8,44 1,15 15,47 45,30 2007 4,35 13,59 2,44 10,87 1,25 13,61 48,69 2008 3,45 10,66 2,44 8,55 1,15 9,95 38,64 3,81 6,97 2,51 5,80 1,09 10,58 33,00 3,40 6,80 3,43 5,95 1,06 12,78 35,93 0,89 1,23 0,54 2,17 0,18 3,05 8,54 0,50 2,03 0,62 1,00 0,27 3,70 8,73 0,75 1,34 1,12 0,87 0,33 2,64 7,75 1,26 2,21 1,15 1,91 0,28 3,39 10,92 V 0,79 3,45 0,69 1,68 0,16 2,75 9,98 0,45 2,39 0,75 1,64 0,25 3,49 9,52 0,49 0,90 0,47 1,96 0,27 2,62 7,30 7
Appendix table 10. Volume index of newbuilding 2005=100 Year and quarter 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 V All Residential 86,8 93,0 103,9 115,7 113,4 85,7 96,9 104,0 96,8 93,9 111,3 113,9 93,9 86,6 99,9 84,4 96,2 104,6 101,7 85,5 62,9 91,4 97,7 92,1 85,0 103,7 109,7 86,5 78,8 94,6 Free-time residential 82,7 88,8 101,1 113,2 112,8 96,5 112,1 102,2 86,1 76,9 123,9 122,0 82,7 70,5 107,9 Commercial and office 93,2 93,8 112,9 179,0 194,7 131,8 119,1 126,6 126,4 122,9 127,4 129,5 127,2 116,6 114,5 Public service 115,5 104,2 93,1 77,3 97,7 110,0 118,7 110,2 117,9 110,0 105,6 107,5 103,9 103,9 107,9 ndustrial and warehouse 75,4 79,4 101,6 134,3 157,4 102,7 75,0 102,1 93,2 96,3 107,3 111,6 98,0 79,1 77,2 Agricultural 94,1 85,3 99,9 111,7 93,3 95,2 94,7 95,8 85,0 73,8 108,4 116,2 81,4 73,2 100,6 Appendix table 11. Dwelling construction by building type 2003-2012, number, building permits and building starts 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 V Building permits Dwellings total 35 923 35 046 37 135 36 370 33 609 27 061 27 513 33 642 34 529 7 214 13 179 7 937 6 199 6 544 10 794 7 076 Detached 14 919 15 999 17 327 17 025 15 498 11 636 9 650 12 221 11 724 2 277 4 657 2 783 2 007 2 035 3 779 2 139 Attached 5 821 5 129 6 182 5 691 4 553 3 558 2 728 3 857 4 494 885 1 762 968 879 694 1 390 1 007 Blocks of flats 14 713 13 471 13 455 12 827 13 022 11 322 14 181 16 715 17 676 4 016 6 381 4 043 3 236 3 493 5 523 3 828 Starts Dwellings total 31 377 32 380 34 275 33 997 30 769 23 476 23 130 33 712 31 476 5 386 11 476 8 453 6 161 4 624 11 092 7 670 Detached 13 078 14 180 16 411 15 671 14 466 11 255 8 915 12 104 11 032 1 436 4 328 3 261 2 007 1 199 3 589 2 771 Attached 4 899 4 902 5 435 5 478 4 086 2 794 2 111 3 822 3 919 610 1 446 1 113 750 429 1 498 1 134 Blocks of flats 13 042 12 947 12 100 12 354 11 623 8 854 11 389 16 907 16 140 3 264 5 587 3 980 3 309 2 911 5 632 3 697 8
Appendix table 12. Dwelling constructions by building type 2003-2012, number, under construction and building completions 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 V Under construction Dwellings total 38 041 39 448 33 847 35 327 32 375 27 113 28 515 36 380 38 057 36 492 38 619 40 524 38 057 36 533 38 204 37 840 Detached 19 267 20 159 17 443 17 375 16 174 13 578 11 893 13 040 13 838 12 795 13 632 14 547 13 838 12 824 13 364 13 699 Attached 4 878 5 221 4 271 4 541 3 606 2 531 2 418 3 418 3 789 3 414 3 517 3 753 3 789 3 760 3 778 3 811 Completions Blocks of flats Dwellings total 13 211 13 348 11 617 12 720 11 829 10 110 13 306 18 856 19 462 19 083 20 371 21 211 19 462 19 101 20 036 19 533 28 101 30 662 34 177 33 885 35 543 30 542 22 201 25 894 31 674 7 349 9 289 6 445 8 591 6 761 8 613 6 939 Detached 10 807 12 798 15 393 16 153 16 210 14 471 10 620 10 484 11 254 2 845 3 436 2 281 2 692 2 443 2 762 1 930 Attached 4 303 4 651 5 453 5 459 5 366 4 094 2 325 2 867 3 724 838 1 340 839 707 605 1 340 940 Blocks of flats 12 557 12 949 12 908 11 945 13 407 11 430 8 493 11 762 16 139 3 648 4 299 3 140 5 052 3 524 4 334 3 795 9
Appendix figures Appendix figure 1. Housing production, sliding annual sum Appendix figure 2. Office and commercial, sliding annual sum Appendix figure 3. ndustrial and ware, sliding annual sum 10
Appendix figure 4. Volume index for newbuilding 2005=100, annual change % 11
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