12:26 11 June 2021
Building material prices are rising
Compared to May last year, prices for virtually all types of construction materials increased last month - by an average of 6.5 percent. It is no different when we compare the first months of 2021 with the same period last year. Rising prices may suggest that the pandemic trend for interior renovation and redecorating continues unabated.
On average, prices in May 2021, compared to May 2020, increased by 6.5 percent. - reported PSB Handel S.A. Group, which tracks prices of leading materials for construction and home and garden.
Increases were recorded in 19 product groups: OSB (+36.2%), installations, heating (+10.0%), roofs, gutters (+9.7%), thermal insulation (+8.7%), drywall construction (+8.0%), garden and hobbies (+7.3%), lighting, electrical (+7.3%), automotive (+7.1%. ), tiles, bathrooms, kitchens (+5.8 percent), tools (+5.8 percent), waterproofing (+5.5 percent), furnishings, household appliances (+5.3 percent), woodwork (+4.8 percent. ), building chemicals (+4.6%), cement, lime (+4.4%), paints, varnishes (+4.2%), decorations (+4.1%), house surroundings (+3.8%), finishing works (+3.6%). The price fall occurred only in the group of walls, chimneys (-4.5 percent).
