Albi · report
Renovation in Albi
In 2025, 31% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 31%
Homes authorised in Albi: 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 | 724 | 329 | 1,053 |
| 2024 | 245 | 116 | 361 |
| 2023 | 542 | 134 | 676 |
| 2022 | 256 | 168 | 424 |
| 2021 | 292 | 97 | 389 |
| 2020 | 631 | 80 | 711 |
| 2019 | 125 | 66 | 191 |
| 2018 | 214 | 72 | 286 |
| 2017 | 293 | 66 | 359 |
| 2016 | 281 | 83 | 364 |
| 2015 | 159 | 68 | 227 |
| 2014 | 143 | 51 | 194 |
| 2013 | 184 | 62 | 246 |
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 €199,170. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €775 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 19%
- Payment, one income
- 38%
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
- €1,011
- Owning per month
- €773
Figures for Tarn: Albi has no reliable figures of its own.
9.9% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 2,522
In 2022 the population grew by 685 while 438 homes were started: 1.6 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 1.6
- Population change, 2022
- +685
7.2% of the 31,372 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 7.2%
- Empty homes
- 2,262