Saint-Denis (974) · report
Renovation in Saint-Denis (974)
In 2025, 11% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 11%
Homes authorised in Saint-Denis (974): 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 | 342 | 42 | 384 |
| 2024 | 409 | 18 | 427 |
| 2023 | 690 | 57 | 747 |
| 2022 | 1,255 | 62 | 1,317 |
| 2021 | 776 | 12 | 788 |
| 2020 | 876 | 16 | 892 |
| 2019 | 808 | 45 | 853 |
| 2018 | 1,109 | 39 | 1,148 |
| 2017 | 856 | 22 | 878 |
| 2016 | 834 | 94 | 928 |
| 2015 | 781 | 140 | 921 |
| 2014 | 1,213 | 131 | 1,344 |
| 2013 | 831 | 62 | 893 |
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 €247,770. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €964 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 29%
- Payment, one income
- 57%
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
- €1,358
- Owning per month
- €892
Figures for La Réunion: Saint-Denis (974) has no reliable figures of its own.
17.9% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 8,521
In 2022 the population fell by 515 while 684 homes were started.
- Homes started, 2022
- 684
- Population change, 2022
- −515
8.8% of the 76,819 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 8.8%
- Empty homes
- 6,724