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Renovation in Sète
In 2025, 4% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 4%
Homes authorised in Sète: 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 | 382 | 17 | 399 |
| 2024 | 378 | 11 | 389 |
| 2023 | 127 | 30 | 157 |
| 2022 | 224 | 41 | 265 |
| 2021 | 430 | 31 | 461 |
| 2020 | 212 | 16 | 228 |
| 2019 | 287 | 20 | 307 |
| 2018 | 255 | — | 255 |
| 2017 | 77 | 45 | 122 |
| 2016 | 704 | 26 | 730 |
| 2015 | 24 | 16 | 40 |
| 2014 | 196 | 53 | 249 |
| 2013 | 193 | 96 | 289 |
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 €317,250. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,235 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 33%
- Payment, one income
- 65%
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
- €1,217
- Owning per month
- €1,109
Figures for Hérault: Sète has no reliable figures of its own.
32.5% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 7,624
In 2022 the population grew by 247 while 344 homes were started: 0.7 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 0.7
- Population change, 2022
- +247
5.6% of the 33,815 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 5.6%
- Empty homes
- 1,877
Public bodies signed €4.8M of housing works here in 2025, and €5.1M since 2024.
- Signed in 2025
- €4.8M
- Per resident, 2025
- €106