28 February 2014

2014- n° 50

In the fourth quarter of 2013, dwellings maintenance and improvement work price index increased by 0.4% Dwellings maintenance and improvement price index - 4th quarter 2013

In the fourth quarter of 2013, dwellings maintenance and improvement work price index (IPEA) increased by 0.4% faster than in the third quarter of 2013 (0.2%). Over a year, IPEA rose by 1.2%, while “maintenance and improvement cost index” (BT50) went up by 0.7%.

Prices increased in air-conditioning (+ 0.7% and + 2.2% over a year), metal joinery (+ 0.6% and 1.7% over a year), wood and PVC joinery works (+ 0.5% and + 2.0% over a year), plastering (+ 0.5% and - 0.6% over a year), plumbing (+ 0.3% and + 2.5% over a year), masonry works and building structural works (+ 0.4% and + 1.0% over a year), painting and floor and wall covering (0.2% and + 0.2% over a year) and electricity (+ 0.2% and - 0.2% over a year).

Prices decreased in roofing and floor and wall covering (- 0.1% and + 1.3% over a year).