Le Mans · report
Renovation in Le Mans
In 2025, 16% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 16%
Homes authorised in Le Mans: 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 | 572 | 109 | 681 |
| 2024 | 478 | 79 | 557 |
| 2023 | 315 | 109 | 424 |
| 2022 | 333 | 303 | 636 |
| 2021 | 350 | 382 | 732 |
| 2020 | 512 | 77 | 589 |
| 2019 | 379 | 82 | 461 |
| 2018 | 638 | 363 | 1,001 |
| 2017 | 288 | 43 | 331 |
| 2016 | 636 | 46 | 682 |
| 2015 | 317 | 88 | 405 |
| 2014 | 190 | 38 | 228 |
| 2013 | 254 | 40 | 294 |
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 €186,210. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €725 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 18%
- Payment, one income
- 37%
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
- €1,059
- Owning per month
- €644
Figures for Sarthe: Le Mans has no reliable figures of its own.
27.1% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 2,597
In 2022 the population grew by 1,067 while 643 homes were started: 1.7 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 1.7
- Population change, 2022
- +1,067
9.5% of the 85,536 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 9.5%
- Empty homes
- 8,084