Saint-Chamond · report
Renovation in Saint-Chamond
In 2025, 64% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 64%
Homes authorised in Saint-Chamond: 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 | 36 | 65 | 101 |
| 2024 | 21 | 18 | 39 |
| 2023 | 109 | 20 | 129 |
| 2022 | 53 | 15 | 68 |
| 2021 | 102 | 32 | 134 |
| 2020 | 52 | 23 | 75 |
| 2019 | 169 | 49 | 218 |
| 2018 | 84 | 9 | 93 |
| 2017 | 89 | 12 | 101 |
| 2016 | 74 | 24 | 98 |
| 2015 | 69 | 70 | 139 |
| 2014 | 24 | 13 | 37 |
| 2013 | 82 | 8 | 90 |
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 €142,380. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €554 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 15%
- Payment, one income
- 29%
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
- €1,040
- Owning per month
- €433
Figures for Loire: Saint-Chamond 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 60 while 63 homes were started: 1.0 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 1.0
- Population change, 2022
- +60
12.0% of the 18,147 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 12.0%
- Empty homes
- 2,180