Overview

• National construction cost rose 0.50% to R$1,872.24 per m² in September, with materials at R$1,068.14 and labor at R$804.10.
• Mato Grosso recorded the sharpest monthly increase at 5.45%, lifting the Centro-Oeste region’s variation to 1.90%.
• In the Northeast, Paraíba’s costs climbed 3.35% and reached the region’s highest level at R$1,817.93 per m².
• Rio Grande do Norte increased 0.88% to R$1,744.62 per m², driven by an R$11.34 rise in labor to R$687.35 per m², with materials at R$1,057.27.
• In RN, the September jump was the largest for that month since 2021, yet the year-to-date gain is 3.55% and the 12‑month rise is 4.11%, among the lowest in Brazil.