Drôme · report
Renovation in Drôme
In 2025, 29% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 29%
Homes authorised in Drôme: 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 | 2,056 | 823 | 2,879 |
| 2024 | 1,381 | 600 | 1,981 |
| 2023 | 1,693 | 562 | 2,255 |
| 2022 | 2,885 | 763 | 3,648 |
| 2021 | 3,329 | 611 | 3,940 |
| 2020 | 2,234 | 496 | 2,730 |
| 2019 | 2,709 | 537 | 3,246 |
| 2018 | 2,753 | 389 | 3,142 |
| 2017 | 2,764 | 627 | 3,391 |
| 2016 | 2,552 | 386 | 2,938 |
| 2015 | 2,293 | 374 | 2,667 |
| 2014 | 2,548 | 358 | 2,906 |
| 2013 | 2,830 | 349 | 3,179 |
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 €201,780. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €785 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 19%
- Payment, one income
- 37%
0.5% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 3,212
- Per 1,000 residents
- 6.1
In 2022 the population grew by 2,775 while 2,519 homes were started: 1.1 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 1.1
- Population change, 2022
- +2,775
8.2% of the 287,966 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 8.2%
- Empty homes
- 23,682