Narbonne · report
Renovation in Narbonne
In 2025, 28% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 28%
Homes authorised in Narbonne: 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 | 310 | 120 | 430 |
| 2024 | 452 | 103 | 555 |
| 2023 | 317 | 77 | 394 |
| 2022 | 345 | 100 | 445 |
| 2021 | 438 | 77 | 515 |
| 2020 | 406 | 8 | 414 |
| 2019 | 254 | 25 | 279 |
| 2018 | 377 | 34 | 411 |
| 2017 | 485 | 36 | 521 |
| 2016 | 274 | 86 | 360 |
| 2015 | 249 | 41 | 290 |
| 2014 | 368 | 195 | 563 |
| 2013 | 697 | 49 | 746 |
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 €219,150. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €853 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 23%
- Payment, one income
- 46%
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
- €1,031
- Owning per month
- €741
Figures for Aude: Narbonne has no reliable figures of its own.
1.1% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 2,163
In 2022 the population grew by 895 while 250 homes were started: 3.6 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 3.6
- Population change, 2022
- +895
6.6% of the 39,802 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 6.6%
- Empty homes
- 2,646