Sainte-Marie (974) · report
Renovation in Sainte-Marie (974)
In 2025, 3% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 3%
Homes authorised in Sainte-Marie (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 | 232 | 6 | 238 |
| 2024 | 340 | 13 | 353 |
| 2023 | 367 | 5 | 372 |
| 2022 | 353 | 5 | 358 |
| 2021 | 245 | 12 | 257 |
| 2020 | 164 | 5 | 169 |
| 2019 | 321 | 5 | 326 |
| 2018 | 498 | 4 | 502 |
| 2017 | 512 | 2 | 514 |
| 2016 | 352 | 9 | 361 |
| 2015 | 423 | 6 | 429 |
| 2014 | 397 | 7 | 404 |
| 2013 | 193 | 8 | 201 |
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 €240,480. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €936 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 26%
- Payment, one income
- 53%
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
- €1,211
- Owning per month
- €760
Figures for La Réunion: Sainte-Marie (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 1,509 while 196 homes were started: 7.7 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 7.7
- Population change, 2022
- +1,509
6.5% of the 15,595 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 6.5%
- Empty homes
- 1,007