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Informations Rapides · 30 November 2022 · n° 318
Informations rapidesIn Q3 2022, prices of buildings' maintenance and improvement works rose by 1.9% Buildings maintenance and improvement price index - third quarter 2022

Informations rapides
No 318
Paru le :Paru le30/11/2022

1.9% rise over a quarter

In Q3 2022, buildings’ maintenance and improvement work prices – IPEA – slowed down (+1.9% over a quarter, after +2.7%). Prices went up slightly more in the residential sector (+2.1%) than in the non-residential sector (+1.7%).

They rose strongly in joinery installation (+3.3% after +3.5%), in “other specialised construction works” (+3.1% after +2.9%), floor and wall covering (+2.4%, as in the previous quarter). Prices went up more moderately in “other construction installation” (+1.9% after +1.6%) and in painting and glazing (+1.8%, as in the previous quarter). At last, they decelerated in roofing (+1.7% after +3.2%), plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation (+1.2% after +3.1%), plastering (+0.8% after +2.9%) and electrical installation (+0.4% after +1.2%).

9.9% rise over a year

Year on year, buildings' maintenance and improvement work prices went up by 9.9% in Q3 2022 (after +9.2% in the previous quarter). The rise was also higher in the residential sector (+10.4%) than in the non-residential sector (+9.2%).

Prices soared in joinery installation (+15.1% after +14.2%), plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation (+12.0% after +12.6%), roofing (+10.6%, as in the previous quarter) and in “other specialised construction works” (+9.9% after +7.6%). Prices rose at a more moderate pace in floor and wall covering (+8.0% after +6.6%), plastering (+7.8% after +8.5%), in “other construction installation” (+6.2% after +2.4%), in painting and glazing (+5.9% after +4.6%), and in electrical installation (+5.5% after +6.3%).

Revisions

The evolution in the IPEA between the first and the second quarter of 2022 was revised upward by 0.4 points and now stands at +2.7%, after taking into account late responses in plastering works and in joinery installation works. This revision mainly concerned the residential sector.

Buildings' maintenance and improvement work price index

Buildings' maintenance and improvement work price index
IPEA IPEA residential IPEA non residential
2022-Q3 121.7 122.2 121.0
2022-Q2 119.4 119.7 119.0
2022-Q1 116.3 116.4 116.3
2021-Q4 112.8 112.5 113.2
2021-Q3 110.7 110.7 110.8
2021-Q2 109.3 109.3 109.3
2021-Q1 107.2 107.2 107.2
2020-Q4 105.6 105.7 105.4
2020-Q3 105.4 105.5 105.3
2020-Q2 105.4 105.5 105.3
2020-Q1 105.1 105.2 105.1
2019-Q4 104.7 104.8 104.6
2019-Q3 104.5 104.6 104.5
2019-Q2 104.3 104.4 104.2
2019-Q1 104.0 104.1 103.8
2018-Q4 103.1 103.2 103.0
2018-Q3 103.1 103.0 103.1
2018-Q2 103.0 103.0 102.9
2018-Q1 102.6 102.8 102.2
2017-Q4 102.0 102.2 101.8
2017-Q3 101.8 102.0 101.4
2017-Q2 101.6 101.7 101.4
2017-Q1 101.4 101.4 101.4
2016-Q4 101.0 101.0 101.2
2016-Q3 100.9 100.8 100.9
2016-Q2 100.8 100.7 100.9
2016-Q1 100.5 100.4 100.6
2015-Q4 100.0 100.0 100.0
2015-Q3 100.1 100.1 100.1
2015-Q2 100.0 100.0 100.0
2015-Q1 99.9 99.9 100.0

Buildings' maintenance and improvement work price index

  • Source: INSEE.

Buildings’ maintenance and improvement work price index

In %. raw data. reference 100 in 2015
Buildings’ maintenance and improvement work price index (In %. raw data. reference 100 in 2015)
Weights (in %) Q3 2022 Q/Q-1 (1) Q/Q-4 (2)
Buildings maintenance and improvement work price index (IPEA) 100.0 121.7 1.9 9.9
Residential buildings 62.4 122.2 2.1 10.4
Non-residential buildings 37.6 121.0 1.7 9.2
All buildings by type of work
4321 - Electrical installation 18.3 114.9 0.4 5.5
4322 - Plumbing. heat and air−conditioning installation 20.1 123.1 1.2 12.0
4329 - Other construction installation 5.8 107.4 1.9 6.2
4331 - Plastering 3.3 128.0 0.8 7.8
4332 - Joinery installation 18.2 133.5 3.3 15.1
4333 - Floor and wall covering 4.2 114.8 2.4 8.0
4334 - Painting and glazing 7.4 112.6 1.8 5.9
4391 - Roofing 5.9 131.4 1.7 10.6
4399 - Other specialised construction activities 16.7 120.4 3.1 9.9
  • (1) index of the last quarter compared to that of the previous quarter (in %)
  • (2) index of the last quarter compared to that of the same period of the previous year (in %)
  • Source: INSEE

For more information

The buildings’ maintenance and improvement work price index (IPEA) is a quarterly index which measures the evolution of prices (net of taxes) charged by construction enterprises (including artisanal forms) for their maintenance and improvement works in residential and non-residential buildings during the quarter under review.

The IPEA indices are not seasonally nor working-day adjusted.

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