Hautes-Alpes · report
Renovation in Hautes-Alpes
In 2025, 19% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 19%
Homes authorised in Hautes-Alpes: 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 | 964 | 227 | 1,191 |
| 2024 | 1,045 | 243 | 1,288 |
| 2023 | 985 | 197 | 1,182 |
| 2022 | 1,679 | 220 | 1,899 |
| 2021 | 1,571 | 193 | 1,764 |
| 2020 | 1,068 | 148 | 1,216 |
| 2019 | 820 | 285 | 1,105 |
| 2018 | 768 | 144 | 912 |
| 2017 | 1,322 | 216 | 1,538 |
| 2016 | 1,197 | 207 | 1,404 |
| 2015 | 624 | 117 | 741 |
| 2014 | 609 | 82 | 691 |
| 2013 | 971 | 172 | 1,143 |
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 €263,160. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,024 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 25%
- Payment, one income
- 49%
18.2% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 1,178
- Per 1,000 residents
- 8.2
In 2022 the population grew by 1,790 while 925 homes were started: 1.9 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 1.9
- Population change, 2022
- +1,790
5.5% of the 141,875 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 5.5%
- Empty homes
- 7,781