Arcachon · report
Renovation in Arcachon
In 2025, 12% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 12%
Homes authorised in Arcachon: 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 | 83 | 11 | 94 |
| 2024 | 193 | 18 | 211 |
| 2023 | 24 | 12 | 36 |
| 2022 | 21 | 28 | 49 |
| 2021 | 25 | 11 | 36 |
| 2020 | 64 | 7 | 71 |
| 2019 | 44 | 4 | 48 |
| 2018 | 58 | 59 | 117 |
| 2017 | 352 | 3 | 355 |
| 2016 | 259 | 30 | 289 |
| 2015 | 220 | 36 | 256 |
| 2014 | 150 | 9 | 159 |
| 2013 | 219 | 91 | 310 |
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 €671,940. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €2,615 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 50%
- Payment, one income
- 100%
Renting a 90 m² apartment costs less each month than owning 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
- €1,530
- Owning per month
- €2,396
Figures for Gironde: Arcachon has no reliable figures of its own.
27.8% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 11,095
In 2022 the population grew by 197 while 74 homes were started: 2.7 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 2.7
- Population change, 2022
- +197
1.2% of the 17,920 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 1.2%
- Empty homes
- 215