Building Consents Issued: May 2010

Highlights

The seasonally adjusted number of new dwellings authorised, excluding apartments, fell 9.5 percent.
The trend for the number of new dwellings authorised, excluding apartments, has been increasing since March 2009.
Consents for 1,333 new dwellings were authorised, excluding apartments.
Consents for 27 new apartment units were authorised.
The value of residential building consents was $481 million; the value of non-residential building consents was $289 million.

Graph, New dwellings authorised, Excluding apartment units, Monthly, 2003-2010.

Geoff Bascand	29 June 2010
Government Statistician	ISSN 1178-0231