Owner-occupiers Housing: Owners, cost to acquire and own, 2020=100

Owner-occupiers Housing: Owners, cost to acquire and own, 2020=100

Cost to acquire and own Periods Price index (2020=100) Changes compared to the previous period (%) Changes compared to the previous year (%)
Owner-occupiers Housing Expenditures 2024 1st quarter* 127.0 1.0 3.3
Acquisition of dwellings total 2024 1st quarter* 127.1 -0.1 1.9
Acquisition of new dwellings 2024 1st quarter* 129.9 -0.9 1.7
Purchase of new dwellings 2024 1st quarter* 130.0 -1.5 1.4
Acquisition of self-built dwellings 2024 1st quarter* 128.6 -0.4 1.8
Acquisition formally rented dwelling 2024 1st quarter* 132.3 2.6 7.2
Other acquisistion costs 2024 1st quarter* 119.2 1.1 1.6
Structural cost: total 2024 1st quarter* 124.6 2.9 5.8
Structural costs: major maintenance 2024 1st quarter* 125.4 3.0 5.4
Structural costs: insurance 2024 1st quarter* 117.0 2.2 9.9
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


This table measures the price development in the transaction price of a dwelling that was purchased for own-use and the cost of all goods and services that households purchase in their role as owner occupiers of dwellings. Acquisition costs concerns the purchase of a newly built dwelling, self-built dwelling and a former rental dwelling. Costs of possession a dwelling concerns costs of (large) maintenance and property insurance.

Data available from: 1st quarter 2010

Status of the figures:
The figures in this table are one period provisional; the sub-series ‘Acquisition formally rented dwelling’ and ‘Structural costs: insurance’ are final directly.

Changes as of July 4th 2024:
The figures for period 1st quarte of 2024 have been added.

Changes as of June 27th 2024:
The figures in this table for the period 2015-2023 have been corrected as a result of the application of an improved methodology.

When will new figures be published?
New figures are published in October 2024.

Description topics

Price index
The price index shows the price development of costs incurred to obtain a property (that is new to the household sector) and costs associated with owning a home.
Changes compared to the previous period
Percentage changes per period (quarter, year) relative to the corresponding previous period.
CBS uses unrounded figures for the calculation of percentage changes.
Changes compared to the previous year
Yearly percentage changes.
CBS uses unrounded figures for the calculation of percentage changes.