Toulouse · report
Renovation in Toulouse
In 2025, 15% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 15%
Homes authorised in Toulouse: 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 | 2,740 | 498 | 3,238 |
| 2024 | 1,959 | 533 | 2,492 |
| 2023 | 3,429 | 967 | 4,396 |
| 2022 | 3,902 | 736 | 4,638 |
| 2021 | 3,934 | 301 | 4,235 |
| 2020 | 4,328 | 727 | 5,055 |
| 2019 | 3,845 | 169 | 4,014 |
| 2018 | 5,960 | 658 | 6,618 |
| 2017 | 7,697 | 351 | 8,048 |
| 2016 | 4,938 | 868 | 5,806 |
| 2015 | 5,412 | 554 | 5,966 |
| 2014 | 5,362 | 214 | 5,576 |
| 2013 | 4,090 | 373 | 4,463 |
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 €301,140. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,172 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 29%
- Payment, one income
- 57%
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
- €1,258
- Owning per month
- €1,085
Figures for Haute-Garonne: Toulouse has no reliable figures of its own.
26.7% 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 grew by 3,135 while 2,482 homes were started: 1.3 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 1.3
- Population change, 2022
- +3,135
8.2% of the 322,989 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 8.2%
- Empty homes
- 26,618
Public bodies signed €42.4M of housing works here in 2025, and €54M since 2024.
- Signed in 2025
- €42.4M
- Per resident, 2025
- €82