Nîmes · report
Renovation in Nîmes
In 2025, 69% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 69%
Homes authorised in Nîmes: 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 | 149 | 329 | 478 |
| 2024 | 351 | 172 | 523 |
| 2023 | 1,205 | 140 | 1,345 |
| 2022 | 844 | 239 | 1,083 |
| 2021 | 1,368 | 120 | 1,488 |
| 2020 | 1,042 | 43 | 1,085 |
| 2019 | 1,357 | 70 | 1,427 |
| 2018 | 684 | 50 | 734 |
| 2017 | 1,037 | 88 | 1,125 |
| 2016 | 396 | 180 | 576 |
| 2015 | 148 | 111 | 259 |
| 2014 | 662 | 63 | 725 |
| 2013 | 389 | 139 | 528 |
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 €211,770. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €824 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 24%
- Payment, one income
- 47%
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
- €1,318
- Owning per month
- €727
Figures for Gard: Nîmes has no reliable figures of its own.
32.2% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 3,291
In 2022 the population grew by 1,395 while 934 homes were started: 1.5 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 1.5
- Population change, 2022
- +1,395
11.1% of the 87,984 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 11.1%
- Empty homes
- 9,734