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Renovation in La Réunion
In 2025, 6% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 6%
Homes authorised in La Réunion: 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 | 4,987 | 313 | 5,300 |
| 2024 | 5,258 | 289 | 5,547 |
| 2023 | 6,207 | 214 | 6,421 |
| 2022 | 6,806 | 227 | 7,033 |
| 2021 | 7,016 | 291 | 7,307 |
| 2020 | 5,919 | 272 | 6,191 |
| 2019 | 5,752 | 337 | 6,089 |
| 2018 | 6,200 | 342 | 6,542 |
| 2017 | 6,565 | 399 | 6,964 |
| 2016 | 6,242 | 431 | 6,673 |
| 2015 | 6,279 | 658 | 6,937 |
| 2014 | 6,705 | 752 | 7,457 |
| 2013 | 6,056 | 1,148 | 7,204 |
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 €260,010. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,012 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 32%
- Payment, one income
- 64%
17.9% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 8,521
- Per 1,000 residents
- 9.6
In 2022 the population grew by 8,331 while 5,282 homes were started: 1.6 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 1.6
- Population change, 2022
- +8,331
8.1% of the 406,285 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 8.1%
- Empty homes
- 32,961
Public bodies signed €1.6M of housing works here in 2025, and €7.6M since 2024.
- Signed in 2025
- €1.6M
- Per resident, 2025
- €2