Pézenas · report
Renovation in Pézenas
In 2025, 12% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 12%
Homes authorised in Pézenas: 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 | 86 | 12 | 98 |
| 2024 | 63 | 17 | 80 |
| 2023 | 7 | 23 | 30 |
| 2022 | 28 | 28 | 56 |
| 2021 | 28 | 17 | 45 |
| 2020 | 41 | 7 | 48 |
| 2019 | 257 | 2 | 259 |
| 2018 | 22 | 5 | 27 |
| 2017 | 24 | 14 | 38 |
| 2016 | 7 | 11 | 18 |
| 2015 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2014 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| 2013 | 76 | 3 | 79 |
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 €205,380. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €799 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
- €977
- Owning per month
- €651
Figures for Hérault: Pézenas 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 8 while 17 homes were started: 0.5 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 0.5
- Population change, 2022
- +8
13.5% of the 5,337 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 13.5%
- Empty homes
- 723