Elven · report
Renovation in Elven
In 2025, 7% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 7%
Homes authorised in Elven: 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 | 42 | 3 | 45 |
| 2024 | 33 | 1 | 34 |
| 2023 | 35 | 7 | 42 |
| 2022 | 36 | 12 | 48 |
| 2021 | 75 | 7 | 82 |
| 2020 | 34 | 6 | 40 |
| 2019 | 45 | 4 | 49 |
| 2018 | 107 | 1 | 108 |
| 2017 | 35 | 6 | 41 |
| 2016 | 48 | 1 | 49 |
| 2015 | 39 | 1 | 40 |
| 2014 | 26 | — | 26 |
| 2013 | 56 | — | 56 |
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 €239,760. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €933 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 21%
- Payment, one income
- 43%
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
- €1,068
- Owning per month
- €851
Figures for Morbihan: Elven has no reliable figures of its own.
16.3% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 7,671
In 2022 the population grew by 108 while 39 homes were started: 2.8 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 2.8
- Population change, 2022
- +108
5.9% of the 3,018 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 5.9%
- Empty homes
- 177