Saint-Jean-de-Luz · report
Renovation in Saint-Jean-de-Luz
In 2025, 63% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 63%
Homes authorised in Saint-Jean-de-Luz: 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 | 6 | 10 | 16 |
| 2024 | 12 | 11 | 23 |
| 2023 | 133 | 5 | 138 |
| 2022 | 17 | 6 | 23 |
| 2021 | 159 | 16 | 175 |
| 2020 | 99 | 16 | 115 |
| 2019 | 354 | 15 | 369 |
| 2018 | 54 | 13 | 67 |
| 2017 | 22 | 14 | 36 |
| 2016 | 143 | 36 | 179 |
| 2015 | 19 | 6 | 25 |
| 2014 | 114 | 89 | 203 |
| 2013 | 84 | 5 | 89 |
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 €516,240. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €2,009 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 45%
- Payment, one income
- 90%
Renting a 90 m² apartment costs less each month than owning 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
- €1,921
Figures for Pyrénées-Atlantiques: Saint-Jean-de-Luz has no reliable figures of its own.
11.9% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 4,512
In 2022 the population grew by 167 while 33 homes were started: 5.1 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 5.1
- Population change, 2022
- +167
3.1% of the 14,921 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 3.1%
- Empty homes
- 466
Public bodies signed €820.1K of housing works here in 2025, and €4.3M since 2024.
- Signed in 2025
- €820.1K
- Per resident, 2025
- €55