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Renovation in France
In 2025, 18% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 18%
Homes authorised in France: 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 | 294,559 | 64,603 | 359,162 |
| 2024 | 255,207 | 55,186 | 310,393 |
| 2023 | 296,754 | 57,635 | 354,389 |
| 2022 | 388,101 | 62,269 | 450,370 |
| 2021 | 385,221 | 57,364 | 442,585 |
| 2020 | 323,416 | 45,656 | 369,072 |
| 2019 | 375,207 | 43,758 | 418,965 |
| 2018 | 382,980 | 44,353 | 427,333 |
| 2017 | 413,329 | 46,790 | 460,119 |
| 2016 | 387,180 | 42,443 | 429,623 |
| 2015 | 330,233 | 36,531 | 366,764 |
| 2014 | 301,507 | 36,725 | 338,232 |
| 2013 | 325,392 | 42,162 | 367,554 |
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 €234,450. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €913 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 21%
- Payment, one income
- 42%
13.0% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 370,172
- Per 1,000 residents
- 5.4
Prices of existing homes have fallen by 3% or more 4 times since 1996. The deepest began in Q4 2007.
- Deepest fall
- −9.7%
- Recovery from the low
- 24 months
In 2022 the population grew by 333,707 while 327,382 homes were started: 1.0 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 1.0
- Population change, 2022
- +333,707
7.8% of the 37,878,249 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 7.8%
- Empty homes
- 2,972,094
Public bodies signed €946.1M of housing works here in 2025, and €1.9B since 2024.
- Signed in 2025
- €946.1M
- Per resident, 2025
- €14