Building Consents Issued: August 2008

Embargoed until 10:45am  –  30 September 2008

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Housing consents continue to fall

Highlights

  • The trend for the number of new dwellings, including apartments, has been falling since mid-2007.
  • This trend has fallen 42 percent since then.
  • 1,328 new dwellings, including apartments, were authorised in August 2008.
  • Residential building consent values totalled $457 million.
  • Non-residential building consent values totalled $362 million. 

Graph, New Dwellings Authorised.

Geoff Bascand 30 September 2008
Government Statistician ISSN 1178-0231

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