New Construction Cost Index:

March 2013




Other Indexes
Non-Residential Operation Cost Index
Residential Cost Index
New Construction Indexes Year Over Year Change:
December 2003 = 100 Mar.
2013
Feb.
2013
Percent
Change
Mar.
2012
Percent
Change
Commercial and Institutional 129.8 129.4 0.32% 127.8 1.61%
Manufacturing and Industrial 130.1 130 0.01% 128.5 1.21%
Residential 132.2 131.3 0.67% 128.6 2.77%
Index Components*
Construction labor 126.5 126.4 0.08% 124.8 1.39%
Architectural & engineering services 119.1 119 0.07% 117.1 1.7%
Retail trade 153.7 145.9 5.35% 145 6%
Wholesale trade 127.7 128.4 -0.58% 126 1.32%
Fabricated structural metal manufacturing 141.5 141 0.35% 143.4 -1.32%
Other Indexes
CPI-Urban Consumers, All Items 126.3 126 0.26% 124.5 1.47%

*Five heavily weighted index components are shown.
Sources: U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Department of Labor, and Whitestone Research.
Note: Index values for recent data are preliminary.