Bourges · report
Renovation in Bourges
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 Bourges: 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 | 238 | 37 | 275 |
| 2024 | 224 | 75 | 299 |
| 2023 | 84 | 74 | 158 |
| 2022 | 291 | 121 | 412 |
| 2021 | 637 | 171 | 808 |
| 2020 | 103 | 147 | 250 |
| 2019 | 459 | 56 | 515 |
| 2018 | 51 | 66 | 117 |
| 2017 | 130 | 57 | 187 |
| 2016 | 182 | 51 | 233 |
| 2015 | 57 | 32 | 89 |
| 2014 | 53 | 53 | 106 |
| 2013 | 173 | 27 | 200 |
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 €147,150. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €573 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 14%
- Payment, one income
- 28%
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
- €1,026
- Owning per month
- €511
Figures for Cher: Bourges has no reliable figures of its own.
4.6% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 897
In 2022 the population fell by 52 while 558 homes were started.
- Homes started, 2022
- 558
- Population change, 2022
- −52
11.6% of the 38,401 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 11.6%
- Empty homes
- 4,463
Public bodies signed €1.2M of housing works here in 2025, and €1.2M since 2024.
- Signed in 2025
- €1.2M
- Per resident, 2025
- €19