Saint-Fons · report
Renovation in Saint-Fons
In 2025, 0% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 0%
Homes authorised in Saint-Fons: 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 | 306 | — | 306 |
| 2023 | 112 | 5 | 117 |
| 2022 | 136 | 2 | 138 |
| 2021 | 58 | — | 58 |
| 2020 | 8 | 64 | 72 |
| 2019 | 80 | 1 | 81 |
| 2018 | 103 | 1 | 104 |
| 2017 | 31 | 1 | 32 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 2015 | 71 | 2 | 73 |
| 2014 | 52 | 17 | 69 |
| 2013 | 129 | 7 | 136 |
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 €205,020. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €798 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 26%
- Payment, one income
- 51%
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
- €1,255
- Owning per month
- €712
Figures for Rhône: Saint-Fons has no reliable figures of its own.
12.6% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 10,686
In 2022 the population fell by 264 while 66 homes were started.
- Homes started, 2022
- 66
- Population change, 2022
- −264
5.5% of the 8,127 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 5.5%
- Empty homes
- 449