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Renovation in L'Union
In 2025, 80% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 80%
Homes authorised in L'Union: 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 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2024 | 67 | 2 | 69 |
| 2023 | 181 | 9 | 190 |
| 2022 | 205 | — | 205 |
| 2021 | 249 | 4 | 253 |
| 2020 | 41 | — | 41 |
| 2019 | 120 | — | 120 |
| 2018 | 253 | 7 | 260 |
| 2017 | 10 | 3 | 13 |
| 2016 | 543 | 1 | 544 |
| 2015 | 78 | 48 | 126 |
| 2014 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2013 | 137 | 8 | 145 |
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 €277,470. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,080 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 21%
- Payment, one income
- 41%
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
- €1,263
- Owning per month
- €1,029
Figures for Haute-Garonne: L'Union has no reliable figures of its own.
26.7% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 10,686
In 2022 the population grew by 228 while 89 homes were started: 2.6 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 2.6
- Population change, 2022
- +228
5.6% of the 6,389 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 5.6%
- Empty homes
- 355