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Recent Market Dynamics In Prices for shell construction work on residential buildings

The Construction Industry rose by 4.9 percent from May 2025 to May 2026.
Concrete work and masonry work account for the largest
share of shell construction work and also of the overall index
German construction prices up 5% year-on-year in May for new residential building construction.
2026 While prices for concrete work increased by 3.6 percent

According to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the prices year-on-year, prices for masonry work rose by 3.8 percent.
for newly built conventionally manufactured residential buildings Roofing work as well as carpentry and timber construction
in Germany rose by five percent in May 2026 compared to work were each 7.3 percent more expensive in May 2026
May 2025. than in May 2025. Prices for earthworks rose by 5.4 percent
In the previous reporting month of February 2025, the over the same period.
year-on-year price increase had been 3.3 percent. Compared Prices for fit-out work in May 2026 were 5.1 percent
to February 2026, construction prices in May 2026 increased higher than in the same month of the previous year. Within
by 2.4 percent. this category, prices for heating systems and central water
All price data refer to construction services on the building heating systems (including heat pumps) increased by 5.0

including value-added tax, as reported by indexbox.io. percent.

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