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Renovation in Pessac
In 2025, 19% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 19%
Homes authorised in Pessac: 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 | 627 | 151 | 778 |
| 2024 | 586 | 17 | 603 |
| 2023 | 274 | 16 | 290 |
| 2022 | 262 | 156 | 418 |
| 2021 | 169 | 45 | 214 |
| 2020 | 394 | 14 | 408 |
| 2019 | 465 | 23 | 488 |
| 2018 | 699 | 16 | 715 |
| 2017 | 818 | 20 | 838 |
| 2016 | 526 | 36 | 562 |
| 2015 | 769 | 36 | 805 |
| 2014 | 185 | 26 | 211 |
| 2013 | 394 | 18 | 412 |
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 €328,410. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,278 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 27%
- 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
- €1,374
- Owning per month
- €1,137
Figures for Gironde: Pessac has no reliable figures of its own.
27.8% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 11,095
In 2022 the population grew by 465 while 368 homes were started: 1.3 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 1.3
- Population change, 2022
- +465
3.7% of the 35,093 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 3.7%
- Empty homes
- 1,309
Public bodies signed €5.6M of housing works here in 2025, and €6M since 2024.
- Signed in 2025
- €5.6M
- Per resident, 2025
- €82