Building Consents Issued: February 2010

Highlights

The seasonally adjusted number of new dwellings authorised, excluding apartments, rose 10 percent.
The trend for the number of new dwellings authorised, excluding apartments, has been increasing since March 2009.
Consents for 1,362 new dwellings were authorised, excluding apartments.
Consents for 13 new apartment units were authorised, the lowest monthly number since July 1995.
The value of residential building consents was $484 million.
The value of non-residential building consents was $317 million.

Graph, New dwellings authorised, excluding apartment units, monthly, 2002–10.

Geoff Bascand	30 March 2010
Government Statistician	ISSN 1178-0231