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Renovation in Roanne
In 2025, 26% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 26%
Homes authorised in Roanne: 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 | 83 | 29 | 112 |
| 2024 | 177 | 69 | 246 |
| 2023 | 69 | 95 | 164 |
| 2022 | 423 | 84 | 507 |
| 2021 | 153 | 82 | 235 |
| 2020 | 102 | 128 | 230 |
| 2019 | 232 | 119 | 351 |
| 2018 | 32 | 65 | 97 |
| 2017 | 144 | 65 | 209 |
| 2016 | 175 | 128 | 303 |
| 2015 | 133 | 97 | 230 |
| 2014 | 14 | 78 | 92 |
| 2013 | 134 | 32 | 166 |
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 €119,880. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €467 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 13%
- Payment, one income
- 26%
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
- €859
- Owning per month
- €414
Figures for Loire: Roanne has no reliable figures of its own.
26.0% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 2,674
In 2022 the population grew by 45 while 407 homes were started: 0.1 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 0.1
- Population change, 2022
- +45
11.6% of the 23,074 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 11.6%
- Empty homes
- 2,676