Cantal · report
Renovation in Cantal
In 2025, 31% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 31%
Homes authorised in Cantal: 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 | 263 | 118 | 381 |
| 2024 | 285 | 121 | 406 |
| 2023 | 283 | 172 | 455 |
| 2022 | 381 | 130 | 511 |
| 2021 | 404 | 149 | 553 |
| 2020 | 358 | 111 | 469 |
| 2019 | 436 | 85 | 521 |
| 2018 | 337 | 72 | 409 |
| 2017 | 489 | 122 | 611 |
| 2016 | 454 | 85 | 539 |
| 2015 | 388 | 75 | 463 |
| 2014 | 343 | 99 | 442 |
| 2013 | 438 | 94 | 532 |
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 €117,900. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €459 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 11%
- Payment, one income
- 22%
11.5% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 456
- Per 1,000 residents
- 3.2
In 2022 the population fell by 203 while 366 homes were started.
- Homes started, 2022
- 366
- Population change, 2022
- −203
11.2% of the 103,584 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 11.2%
- Empty homes
- 11,561
Public bodies signed €3.5M of housing works here in 2024, and €3.5M since 2024.
- Signed in 2024
- €3.5M
- Per resident, 2024
- €24