Montélimar · report
Renovation in Montélimar
In 2025, 21% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 21%
Homes authorised in Montélimar: 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 | 296 | 79 | 375 |
| 2024 | 83 | 80 | 163 |
| 2023 | 98 | 12 | 110 |
| 2022 | 269 | 22 | 291 |
| 2021 | 210 | 52 | 262 |
| 2020 | 203 | 30 | 233 |
| 2019 | 291 | 21 | 312 |
| 2018 | 171 | 31 | 202 |
| 2017 | 313 | 75 | 388 |
| 2016 | 163 | 7 | 170 |
| 2015 | 174 | 42 | 216 |
| 2014 | 341 | 33 | 374 |
| 2013 | 223 | 28 | 251 |
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 €190,440. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €741 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 19%
- 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
- €1,047
- Owning per month
- €606
Figures for Drôme: Montélimar has no reliable figures of its own.
0.5% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 3,212
In 2022 the population grew by 239 while 213 homes were started: 1.1 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 1.1
- Population change, 2022
- +239
9.2% of the 22,248 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 9.2%
- Empty homes
- 2,047