Lyon · report
Renovation in Lyon
In 2025, 18% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 18%
Homes authorised in Lyon: 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 | 1,555 | 349 | 1,904 |
| 2024 | 1,078 | 164 | 1,242 |
| 2023 | 1,564 | 454 | 2,018 |
| 2022 | 1,405 | 670 | 2,075 |
| 2021 | 1,880 | 1,151 | 3,031 |
| 2020 | 2,602 | 414 | 3,016 |
| 2019 | 1,863 | 124 | 1,987 |
| 2018 | 1,178 | 379 | 1,557 |
| 2017 | 3,697 | 1,160 | 4,857 |
| 2016 | 3,373 | 295 | 3,668 |
| 2015 | 3,469 | 154 | 3,623 |
| 2014 | 3,541 | 505 | 4,046 |
| 2013 | 1,582 | 228 | 1,810 |
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 €404,100. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,573 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 33%
- Payment, one income
- 67%
Owning and renting a 90 m² apartment cost about the same each month. 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
- €1,491
- Owning per month
- €1,475
Figures for Rhône: Lyon has no reliable figures of its own.
12.6% 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 fell by 1,647 while 2,261 homes were started.
- Homes started, 2022
- 2,261
- Population change, 2022
- −1,647
9.3% of the 321,274 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 9.3%
- Empty homes
- 30,007
Public bodies signed €767.6K of housing works here in 2024, and €767.6K since 2024.
- Signed in 2024
- €767.6K
- Per resident, 2024
- €1