Elne · report
Renovation in Elne
In 2025, 10% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 10%
Homes authorised in Elne: 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 | 95 | 10 | 105 |
| 2024 | 178 | 9 | 187 |
| 2023 | 50 | 8 | 58 |
| 2022 | 23 | 4 | 27 |
| 2021 | 92 | 3 | 95 |
| 2020 | 15 | 4 | 19 |
| 2019 | 8 | 47 | 55 |
| 2018 | 15 | 4 | 19 |
| 2017 | 203 | 5 | 208 |
| 2016 | 104 | 11 | 115 |
| 2015 | 85 | 1 | 86 |
| 2014 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| 2013 | 55 | 3 | 58 |
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 €206,190. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €803 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 22%
- Payment, one income
- 45%
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
- €1,083
- Owning per month
- €627
Figures for Pyrénées-Orientales: Elne has no reliable figures of its own.
34.7% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 2,428
In 2022 the population grew by 32 while 93 homes were started: 0.3 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 0.3
- Population change, 2022
- +32
10.7% of the 5,051 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 10.7%
- Empty homes
- 542