Saint-Étienne · report
Renovation in Saint-Étienne
In 2025, 47% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 47%
Homes authorised in Saint-Étienne: 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 | 157 | 141 | 298 |
| 2024 | 1,051 | 229 | 1,280 |
| 2023 | 436 | 270 | 706 |
| 2022 | 177 | 560 | 737 |
| 2021 | 250 | 615 | 865 |
| 2020 | 272 | 194 | 466 |
| 2019 | 51 | 289 | 340 |
| 2018 | 165 | 227 | 392 |
| 2017 | 182 | 96 | 278 |
| 2016 | 318 | 101 | 419 |
| 2015 | 240 | 181 | 421 |
| 2014 | 142 | 105 | 247 |
| 2013 | 389 | 226 | 615 |
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 €111,690. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €435 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 12%
- Payment, one income
- 25%
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
- €889
- Owning per month
- €394
Figures for Loire: Saint-Étienne 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 567 while 654 homes were started: 0.9 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 0.9
- Population change, 2022
- +567
12.0% of the 101,341 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 12.0%
- Empty homes
- 12,175
Public bodies signed €1.1M of housing works here in 2025, and €1.1M since 2024.
- Signed in 2025
- €1.1M
- Per resident, 2025
- €7