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Renovation in Ascain
In 2025, 11% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 11%
Homes authorised in Ascain: 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 | 116 | 15 | 131 |
| 2024 | 43 | 6 | 49 |
| 2023 | 15 | 4 | 19 |
| 2022 | 219 | 6 | 225 |
| 2021 | 34 | 3 | 37 |
| 2020 | 52 | 1 | 53 |
| 2019 | 23 | — | 23 |
| 2018 | 19 | 1 | 20 |
| 2017 | 30 | 1 | 31 |
| 2016 | 64 | — | 64 |
| 2015 | 87 | 13 | 100 |
| 2014 | 11 | — | 11 |
| 2013 | 44 | 9 | 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 €424,530. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,652 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 36%
- Payment, one income
- 72%
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
- €1,223
- Owning per month
- €1,480
Figures for Pyrénées-Atlantiques: Ascain has no reliable figures of its own.
11.9% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 4,512
In 2022 the population grew by 97 while 46 homes were started: 2.1 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 2.1
- Population change, 2022
- +97
7.1% of the 2,905 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 7.1%
- Empty homes
- 206
Public bodies signed €891.1K of housing works here in 2025, and €891.1K since 2024.
- Signed in 2025
- €891.1K
- Per resident, 2025
- €191