Housing down by half
Building permits issued in I Waimairi County in the year ended May 31 were worth I only half the value issued for I ;the same period last year,: ! the council’s town planning ■ committee was told. The county’s chief building 'inspector (Mr E. Hughes). : said in his report that 164 permits, worth SI.4M, were ) issued in the year ended i May: 222 permits were (issued in the year ended
i May, 1977, with a total value! I of S2.BM. The biggest fall was in; 1 permits for new dwellings! Hand flats. This year 12| I dwellings, worth $404,000,: ;jhad been built, compared) ) with 35, worth $1.06M last) 5) year. Eight blocks of flats! j had been built, worth a total: 1 of $328,837. compared with I ■) 30. worth $992,494. last year. I The average cost of a new: ' house has risen $6OOO, to) II $36,318, in a year, 1 I
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