Montpellier · report
Renovation in Montpellier
In 2025, 9% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 9%
Homes authorised in Montpellier: 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 | 2,179 | 228 | 2,407 |
| 2024 | 785 | 226 | 1,011 |
| 2023 | 1,586 | 139 | 1,725 |
| 2022 | 1,516 | 278 | 1,794 |
| 2021 | 2,141 | 390 | 2,531 |
| 2020 | 2,566 | 504 | 3,070 |
| 2019 | 2,906 | 381 | 3,287 |
| 2018 | 3,435 | 299 | 3,734 |
| 2017 | 3,375 | 393 | 3,768 |
| 2016 | 3,292 | 252 | 3,544 |
| 2015 | 2,890 | 222 | 3,112 |
| 2014 | 2,763 | 475 | 3,238 |
| 2013 | 2,702 | 140 | 2,842 |
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 €309,690. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,205 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 34%
- Payment, one income
- 67%
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
- €1,394
- Owning per month
- €1,118
Figures for Hérault: Montpellier has no reliable figures of its own.
32.5% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 7,624
In 2022 the population grew by 3,139 while 1,621 homes were started: 1.9 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 1.9
- Population change, 2022
- +3,139
6.9% of the 186,683 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 6.9%
- Empty homes
- 12,946
Public bodies signed €6.6M of housing works here in 2025, and €6.7M since 2024.
- Signed in 2025
- €6.6M
- Per resident, 2025
- €21