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Renovation in Figeac
In 2025, 53% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 53%
Homes authorised in Figeac: 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 | 19 | 21 | 40 |
| 2024 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| 2023 | 61 | 5 | 66 |
| 2022 | 20 | 47 | 67 |
| 2021 | 15 | 49 | 64 |
| 2020 | 29 | 35 | 64 |
| 2019 | 30 | 12 | 42 |
| 2018 | 23 | 28 | 51 |
| 2017 | 19 | 11 | 30 |
| 2016 | 52 | 17 | 69 |
| 2015 | 22 | 19 | 41 |
| 2014 | 7 | 14 | 21 |
| 2013 | 14 | 67 | 81 |
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 €171,450. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €667 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 16%
- Payment, one income
- 32%
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
- €1,028
- Owning per month
- €605
Figures for Lot: Figeac has no reliable figures of its own.
11.3% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 800
In 2022 the population grew by 36 while 24 homes were started: 1.5 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 1.5
- Population change, 2022
- +36
14.8% of the 6,662 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 14.8%
- Empty homes
- 985