Norway's new home sales down 6 pct yr/yr in April

Selvaag Bolig ASA

15/05/2019 09:38

OSLO, May 15 (Reuters) - The sale of new Norwegian homes
fell by 6 percent year-on-year in April, influenced by the
Easter holiday, while housing starts fell as much as 28 percent,
the Norwegian Home Builders' Association (NHBA) said on
Wednesday.
    For the first four months of the year, sales were up 5
percent, while housing starts were down 18 percent, the NHBA
added.

 (Reporting by Terje Solsvik, editing by Nerijus Adomaitis)
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