31 May 2017
2017- n° 145In Q1 2017, the prices of dwellings maintenance and improvement work rose Dwellings maintenance and improvement price index - first quarter 2017
In Q1 2017, dwellings maintenance and improvement work price index (IPEA) rose by 0.6% – its strongest growth since Q1 2012 –, after a near stability in Q4 2016 (+0.1%).
In Q1 2017, dwellings maintenance and improvement work price index (IPEA) rose by 0.6% – its strongest growth since Q1 2012 –, after a near stability in Q4 2016 (+0.1%).
Prices went up sharply in joinery works, whether it be wood and PVC joinery works (+1.5% after +0.3%) or metal joineryworks and ironwork (+2.6% after +0.4%), mainly because of a huge increase in the prices of raw materials such as plastics and metals. To a lesser extent, they increased in plastering (+0.8% after +0.2%) and even more moderately in the other works. Prices were stable in roofing activities.
Over a year, dwellings maintenance and improvement work prices increased more than in the previous quarter (+1.1% after +0.8%). They accelerated in metal joinery works and ironwork (+3.4% after +3.0%), in plastering (+2.3% after +1.7%), in plumbing (+1.8% after +1.5%) and in wood and PVC joinery works (+1.7% after +0.8%).
In Q4 2016, producer cost index in specialised construction in existing buildings (ICP-43BTR) increased slightly less than in the previous quarter (+0.3% after +0.6%). Over a year, it increased by 1.6%, a little more than in Q3 2016 (+1.4%).
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The variation in the “IPEA” price index between the third quarter of 2016 and the fourth quarter of 2016 remained unchanged.
graphiqueGraph1 – Dwellings maintenance and improvement work price and cost indices
- Source: INSEE
graphiqueGraph2 – Changes in dwellings maintenance and improvement work price index
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graphiqueGraph3 – Changes in dwellings maintenance and improvement work price index
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graphiqueGraph4 – Changes in dwellings maintenance and improvement work price index
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tableauTable1 – Dwellings maintenance and improvement work price and cost index
| Weights | Q1 2017 | Q/Q-1 | Q/Q-4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwellings maintenance and improvement work price index (IPEA) | 100.0 | 107.6 | +0.6 | +1.1 |
| Masonry works and building structural works | 16.9 | 105.0 | +0.2 | +0.3 |
| Painting and floor and wall covering | 16.9 | 102.4 | +0.1 | +0.3 |
| Wood and PVC joinery works | 15.5 | 111.7 | +1.5 | +1.7 |
| Heat and air-conditioning installation | 10.7 | 108.1 | +0.2 | +0.6 |
| Plumbing | 10.1 | 112.4 | +0.3 | +1.8 |
| Roofing activities | 9.4 | 106.1 | 0.0 | +0.5 |
| Electrical installation | 9.2 | 106.7 | +0.2 | +0.9 |
| Metal joinery works and ironwork | 6.3 | 115.0 | +2.6 | +3.4 |
| Plastering | 5.0 | 105.1 | +0.8 | +2.3 |
| Q4 2016 | Q/Q-1 | Q/Q-4 | ||
| Producer cost index in specialised construction in existing buildings (ICP-43BTR) | 107.2 | +0.3 | +1.6 | |
- In %, raw data, base and reference 100 in 2010
- Source: INSEE
tableauTable2 – Variations' revisions (in points of %)
| Q4 2016 | |
|---|---|
| IPEA | /// |
| Masonry works and building structural works | /// |
| Painting and floor and wall covering | −0.6 |
| Wood and PVC joinery works | +0.1 |
| Heat and air-conditioning installation | /// |
| Plumbing | /// |
| Roofing activities | /// |
| Electrical installation | +0.2 |
| Metal joinery works and ironwork | /// |
| Plastering | /// |
- ///: unchanged
- How to read it: the variation in the “IPEA” price index between the third quarter of 2016 and the fourth quarter of 2016 remained unchanged.
- Source: INSEE
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