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Renovation in Rezé
In 2025, 4% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 4%
Homes authorised in Rezé: 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 | 593 | 27 | 620 |
| 2024 | 63 | 6 | 69 |
| 2023 | 16 | 12 | 28 |
| 2022 | 143 | 11 | 154 |
| 2021 | 132 | 39 | 171 |
| 2020 | 160 | 35 | 195 |
| 2019 | 293 | 14 | 307 |
| 2018 | 82 | 18 | 100 |
| 2017 | 516 | 76 | 592 |
| 2016 | 417 | 7 | 424 |
| 2015 | 408 | 12 | 420 |
| 2014 | 331 | 10 | 341 |
| 2013 | 1,530 | 12 | 1,542 |
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 €270,360. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,052 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 24%
- Payment, one income
- 48%
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
- €1,202
- Owning per month
- €880
Figures for Loire-Atlantique: Rezé has no reliable figures of its own.
13.1% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 10,457
In 2022 the population grew by 207 while 177 homes were started: 1.2 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 1.2
- Population change, 2022
- +207
5.5% of the 22,561 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 5.5%
- Empty homes
- 1,240