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NZ Building Consents Issued: January 2016
In January 2016, building consents were issued for 1,695 new dwellings, comprising: 1,286 houses 89 apartments 135 retirement village units 185 townhouses, flats, and units. The seasonally adjusted number of new dwellings consented fell 8.2 percent in January 2016. The actual value of building work consented in January 2016 was $1.1 billion. For January 2016 compared with January 2015: residential work was up $112 million (17 percent) to $756 million non-residential work was down $43 million (12 percent) to $310 million.