Owner-occupiers Housing Expenditures, costs to acquire and own, 2015-2023

Owner-occupiers Housing Expenditures, costs to acquire and own, 2015-2023

Costs to acquire and own Periods Changes compared to the previous year (%)
Owner-occupiers Housing Expenditures 2023 3rd quarter* 5.2
Acquisition of dwellings total 2023 3rd quarter* 3.5
Acquisition of new dwellings 2023 3rd quarter* 5.5
Purchase of new dwellings 2023 3rd quarter* 1.9
Acquisition of self-built dwellings 2023 3rd quarter* 11.5
Acquisition formally rented dwelling 2023 3rd quarter* -3.8
Other acquisistion costs 2023 3rd quarter* 0.1
Structural cost: total 2023 3rd quarter* 9.7
Structural costs: major maintenance 2023 3rd quarter* 10.2
Structural costs: insurance 2023 3rd quarter* 4.8
Source: CBS.
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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 to 3rd quarter 2023

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.
Since this table has been discontinued, the data is no longer finalized.

Changes as of October 6th 2022:
This statistic is calculated using a European harmonized method. The method for rounding figures has changed within the European guidelines. This method change has been implemented with the result that some figures have been adjusted by a maximum of 0.1 index point or 0.1% development. The figures therefore correspond to the figures on the eurostat website.

Changes as of April 25th 2024:
This table has been discontinued. This table is followed by Owner-occupiers Housing: Owners, cost to acquire and own, 2020=100. See paragraph 3.

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Changes compared to the previous year
Yearly percentage changes.
CBS uses unrounded figures for the calculation of percentage changes.