Palaiseau · report
Renovation in Palaiseau
In 2025, 2% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 2%
Homes authorised in Palaiseau: 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 | 236 | 4 | 240 |
| 2024 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2023 | 501 | 2 | 503 |
| 2022 | 168 | 4 | 172 |
| 2021 | 348 | 20 | 368 |
| 2020 | 271 | 2 | 273 |
| 2019 | 10 | 92 | 102 |
| 2018 | 253 | 3 | 256 |
| 2017 | 225 | 6 | 231 |
| 2016 | 1,027 | 5 | 1,032 |
| 2015 | 71 | 3 | 74 |
| 2014 | 293 | 2 | 295 |
| 2013 | 915 | 8 | 923 |
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 €354,690. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,381 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 26%
- Payment, one income
- 53%
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
- €1,753
- Owning per month
- €1,174
Figures for Essonne: Palaiseau has no reliable figures of its own.
33.7% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 5,659
In 2022 the population grew by 1,404 while 11 homes were started: 127.6 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 127.6
- Population change, 2022
- +1,404
7.4% of the 20,151 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 7.4%
- Empty homes
- 1,495