Balaruc-les-Bains · report
Renovation in Balaruc-les-Bains
In 2025, 42% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 42%
Homes authorised in Balaruc-les-Bains: 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 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 2024 | 49 | 2 | 51 |
| 2023 | 16 | 1 | 17 |
| 2022 | 65 | 2 | 67 |
| 2021 | 27 | 4 | 31 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2019 | 42 | 1 | 43 |
| 2018 | 148 | 8 | 156 |
| 2017 | 124 | 5 | 129 |
| 2016 | 151 | 2 | 153 |
| 2015 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| 2014 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 2013 | 21 | 3 | 24 |
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 €378,990. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,475 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 33%
- Payment, one income
- 67%
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
- €1,225
- Owning per month
- €1,410
Figures for Hérault: Balaruc-les-Bains has no reliable figures of its own.
32.5% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 7,624
In 2022 the population grew by 3 while 57 homes were started: 0.1 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 0.1
- Population change, 2022
- +3
1.2% of the 7,729 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 1.2%
- Empty homes
- 90