Saint-Louis (974) · report
Renovation in Saint-Louis (974)
In 2025, 19% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 19%
Homes authorised in Saint-Louis (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 | 313 | 73 | 386 |
| 2024 | 183 | 26 | 209 |
| 2023 | 489 | 22 | 511 |
| 2022 | 263 | 12 | 275 |
| 2021 | 272 | 14 | 286 |
| 2020 | 226 | 12 | 238 |
| 2019 | 240 | 11 | 251 |
| 2018 | 281 | 14 | 295 |
| 2017 | 350 | 16 | 366 |
| 2016 | 178 | 27 | 205 |
| 2015 | 266 | 21 | 287 |
| 2014 | 186 | 35 | 221 |
| 2013 | 284 | 26 | 310 |
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 €225,000. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €876 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 30%
- Payment, one income
- 61%
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
- €1,302
- Owning per month
- €723
Figures for La Réunion: Saint-Louis (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 grew by 463 while 218 homes were started: 2.1 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 2.1
- Population change, 2022
- +463
9.3% of the 23,494 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 9.3%
- Empty homes
- 2,189