Palavas-les-Flots · report
Renovation in Palavas-les-Flots
In 2025, 23% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 23%
Homes authorised in Palavas-les-Flots: 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 | 10 | 3 | 13 |
| 2024 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 2022 | 11 | 6 | 17 |
| 2021 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2017 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2015 | 124 | 3 | 127 |
| 2014 | 33 | 4 | 37 |
| 2013 | 20 | 8 | 28 |
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 €438,030. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,705 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 40%
- Payment, one income
- 81%
Renting a 90 m² apartment costs less each month than owning 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
- €1,470
- Owning per month
- €1,604
Figures for Hérault: Palavas-les-Flots 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 126 while 2 homes were started: 63.0 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 63.0
- Population change, 2022
- +126
4.9% of the 8,526 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 4.9%
- Empty homes
- 422