Deux-Sèvres · report

Renovation in Deux-Sèvres

In 2025, 30% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.

Homes in existing buildings, 2025: 30%

Homes authorised in Deux-Sèvres: 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	977	416	1,393
2024	806	378	1,184
2023	1,071	355	1,426
2022	1,373	580	1,953
2021	1,189	298	1,487
2020	964	230	1,194
2019	858	166	1,024
2018	870	140	1,010
2017	1,094	226	1,320
2016	917	116	1,033
2015	890	122	1,012
2014	1,057	117	1,174
2013	1,075	188	1,263

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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Affordability

At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €125,730. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €489 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.

Payment, two incomes: 12%
Payment, one income: 23%

New homes

30.8% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months: 1,834
Per 1,000 residents: 4.9

People and new homes

In 2022 the population fell by 186 while 1,305 homes were started.

Homes started, 2022: 1,305
Population change, 2022: −186

Empty homes

8.4% of the 199,352 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2023 census: 8.4%
Empty homes: 16,814

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €977.9K of housing works here in 2025, and €1.2M since 2024.

Signed in 2025: €977.9K
Per resident, 2025: €3