Arpajon · report
Renovation in Arpajon
In 2025, 13% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 13%
Homes authorised in Arpajon: 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 | 21 | 3 | 24 |
| 2024 | 131 | 8 | 139 |
| 2023 | 81 | — | 81 |
| 2022 | 195 | — | 195 |
| 2021 | 296 | 8 | 304 |
| 2020 | 137 | 19 | 156 |
| 2019 | 105 | — | 105 |
| 2018 | 161 | 5 | 166 |
| 2017 | 19 | 13 | 32 |
| 2016 | 150 | 1 | 151 |
| 2015 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 2014 | 487 | 1 | 488 |
| 2013 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
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 €280,890. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,093 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 27%
- Payment, one income
- 54%
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
- €1,538
- Owning per month
- €1,012
Figures for Essonne: Arpajon has no reliable figures of its own.
33.7% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 5,659
In 2022 the population grew by 195 while 101 homes were started: 1.9 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 1.9
- Population change, 2022
- +195
7.9% of the 6,257 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 7.9%
- Empty homes
- 497