Creuse · report
Renovation in Creuse
In 2025, 40% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 40%
Homes authorised in Creuse: 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 | 124 | 81 | 205 |
| 2024 | 117 | 63 | 180 |
| 2023 | 116 | 106 | 222 |
| 2022 | 161 | 92 | 253 |
| 2021 | 168 | 82 | 250 |
| 2020 | 150 | 53 | 203 |
| 2019 | 144 | 39 | 183 |
| 2018 | 151 | 30 | 181 |
| 2017 | 150 | 42 | 192 |
| 2016 | 162 | 46 | 208 |
| 2015 | 143 | 56 | 199 |
| 2014 | 169 | 21 | 190 |
| 2013 | 374 | 60 | 434 |
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 €76,680. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €298 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 8%
- Payment, one income
- 15%
8.9% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 199
- Per 1,000 residents
- 1.7
In 2022 the population fell by 2 while 173 homes were started.
- Homes started, 2022
- 173
- Population change, 2022
- −2
15.3% of the 89,365 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 15.3%
- Empty homes
- 13,664