Épinal · report
Renovation in Épinal
In 2025, 68% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 68%
Homes authorised in Épinal: 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 | 18 | 39 | 57 |
| 2024 | 8 | 20 | 28 |
| 2023 | 88 | 22 | 110 |
| 2022 | 89 | 10 | 99 |
| 2021 | 39 | 58 | 97 |
| 2020 | 108 | 18 | 126 |
| 2019 | 35 | 21 | 56 |
| 2018 | 47 | 11 | 58 |
| 2017 | 79 | 20 | 99 |
| 2016 | 54 | 15 | 69 |
| 2015 | 13 | 7 | 20 |
| 2014 | 11 | 21 | 32 |
| 2013 | 150 | 5 | 155 |
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 €135,000. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €525 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 14%
- Payment, one income
- 28%
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
- €925
- Owning per month
- €463
Figures for Vosges: Épinal has no reliable figures of its own.
20.5% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 1,405
In 2022 the population fell by 45 while 17 homes were started.
- Homes started, 2022
- 17
- Population change, 2022
- −45
12.1% of the 19,261 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 12.1%
- Empty homes
- 2,324