Building Consents Issued: October 2009

Highlights

The seasonally adjusted number of new dwellings authorised, excluding apartments, rose 11 percent to the highest number since June 2008.
The trend for the number of new dwellings authorised, excluding apartments, has increased 34 percent since March 2009.
Consents for 1,321 new dwellings were authorised, excluding apartments.
Consents for 103 new apartment units were authorised.
The value of residential building consents was 59 percent of all building consents, compared with the monthly average of 52 percent for the previous 12 months.

Graph, New dwellings authorised, excluding apartment units, 2002–2009.

Geoff Bascand	30 November 2009
Government Statistician	ISSN 1178-0231