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Renovation in Agen
In 2025, 74% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 74%
Homes authorised in Agen: new buildings and existing ones
Dwellings authorised each year, by the year the permit was granted: in new buildings, and by works on existing buildings (conversions, extensions, changes of use). SDES Sitadel.
- Existing buildings
- New buildings
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| Year | New buildings | Existing buildings | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | 104 | 140 |
| 2024 | 152 | 89 | 241 |
| 2023 | 211 | 347 | 558 |
| 2022 | 154 | 173 | 327 |
| 2021 | 153 | 120 | 273 |
| 2020 | 27 | 129 | 156 |
| 2019 | 33 | 99 | 132 |
| 2018 | 145 | 61 | 206 |
| 2017 | 13 | 48 | 61 |
| 2016 | 25 | 18 | 43 |
| 2015 | 118 | 3 | 121 |
| 2014 | 1 | 16 | 17 |
| 2013 | 30 | 23 | 53 |
Only permits that create dwellings are listed, so renovation that adds no home (refurbishing, insulating, re-roofing) is not counted. A permit is permission to build, not a finished home. The current year is left out until it is complete.
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At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €153,540. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €598 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 17%
- Payment, one income
- 34%
Owning a 90 m² apartment costs less each month than renting it. Owning counts interest, running costs and the return the deposit could earn, at apartments' median sale price; rent is the asking rent. Repaying the loan is saving, so it is left out.
- Rent per month
- €957
- Owning per month
- €556
Figures for Lot-et-Garonne: Agen has no reliable figures of its own.
25.6% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 1,099
In 2022 the population grew by 608 while 202 homes were started: 3.0 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 3.0
- Population change, 2022
- +608
14.3% of the 22,182 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 14.3%
- Empty homes
- 3,170
Public bodies signed €1.7M of housing works here in 2025, and €1.7M since 2024.
- Signed in 2025
- €1.7M
- Per resident, 2025
- €50