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Renovation in Essonne
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 Essonne: 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 | 5,882 | 687 | 6,569 |
| 2024 | 4,738 | 602 | 5,340 |
| 2023 | 7,816 | 306 | 8,122 |
| 2022 | 6,820 | 688 | 7,508 |
| 2021 | 7,649 | 428 | 8,077 |
| 2020 | 4,636 | 337 | 4,973 |
| 2019 | 6,743 | 572 | 7,315 |
| 2018 | 11,195 | 601 | 11,796 |
| 2017 | 9,471 | 612 | 10,083 |
| 2016 | 9,946 | 430 | 10,376 |
| 2015 | 8,658 | 466 | 9,124 |
| 2014 | 6,019 | 354 | 6,373 |
| 2013 | 8,790 | 654 | 9,444 |
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 €284,040. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,106 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 24%
- Payment, one income
- 47%
33.7% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 5,659
- Per 1,000 residents
- 4.2
Prices of existing homes have fallen by 3% or more 4 times since 1996. The deepest began in Q3 2022.
- Deepest fall
- −12.4%
- Recovery from the low
- Not yet
In 2022 the population grew by 13,939 while 6,128 homes were started: 2.3 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 2.3
- Population change, 2022
- +13,939
6.6% of the 600,822 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 6.6%
- Empty homes
- 39,490
Public bodies signed €1.1M of housing works here in 2025, and €5.1M since 2024.
- Signed in 2025
- €1.1M
- Per resident, 2025
- €1