Auxerre · report
Renovation in Auxerre
In 2025, 79% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 79%
Homes authorised in Auxerre: 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 | 15 | 55 | 70 |
| 2024 | 20 | 61 | 81 |
| 2023 | 38 | 82 | 120 |
| 2022 | 53 | 57 | 110 |
| 2021 | 94 | 48 | 142 |
| 2020 | 94 | 85 | 179 |
| 2019 | 10 | 35 | 45 |
| 2018 | 16 | 4 | 20 |
| 2017 | 82 | 39 | 121 |
| 2016 | 22 | 16 | 38 |
| 2015 | 11 | 4 | 15 |
| 2014 | 59 | 30 | 89 |
| 2013 | 278 | 65 | 343 |
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 €149,130. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €580 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 15%
- Payment, one income
- 31%
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
- €1,048
- Owning per month
- €525
Figures for Yonne: Auxerre has no reliable figures of its own.
24.3% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 955
In 2022 the population fell by 139 while 165 homes were started.
- Homes started, 2022
- 165
- Population change, 2022
- −139
12.9% of the 21,810 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 12.9%
- Empty homes
- 2,823
Public bodies signed €2.1M of housing works here in 2024, and €2.1M since 2024.
- Signed in 2024
- €2.1M
- Per resident, 2024
- €59