Monday, July 27, 2015

Good times for the building trade – Swedish Radio

Sales in the building and hardware stores rose 16 percent in June compared with the same month last year, it shows figures from the industry organization Building and iron merchants.

Erika Olsson is at a builders’ merchant in Halmstad to buy materials to one of the summer’s project.

– We will make a Porch from the balcony deck, she says.

Why are you doing right now?

– For we have vacation and time and it is not badväder.

Sales of construction and hardware stores rose 16 percent in June compared with the same month last year. The figures come from the trade organization Building and iron merchants, which has presented its so-called construction and iron indices.

Benny Mr Roesberg, branch manager at Beijer building materials, have seen a similar increase in their store in Halmstad.

– People have held back in a couple of years and interest rates are low. The tax deduction does its part too, so the builders have much to do, he says.

The government has proposed a reduction of the tax deduction from 50 per cent to 30 per cent of labor costs, when you hire someone to do repairs or rebuilding and expansion at home.

This change can take effect at the end of the year. And this affects the willingness of people to build on now, think Benny Mr Roesberg.

– Yes, it does. One early designs, so we believe in a great fall.

the tax deduction does not affect DIY store customer Rasmus Jinghem, who are in search of a patio door to his house.

– No, absolutely not. I do not use it and have never done it, he says.

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