Var · report
Renovation in Var
In 2025, 11% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 11%
Homes authorised in Var: 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 | 4,892 | 610 | 5,502 |
| 2024 | 4,518 | 822 | 5,340 |
| 2023 | 5,540 | 542 | 6,082 |
| 2022 | 7,529 | 737 | 8,266 |
| 2021 | 7,035 | 534 | 7,569 |
| 2020 | 6,033 | 505 | 6,538 |
| 2019 | 8,338 | 672 | 9,010 |
| 2018 | 8,208 | 416 | 8,624 |
| 2017 | 9,602 | 454 | 10,056 |
| 2016 | 8,463 | 986 | 9,449 |
| 2015 | 8,434 | 592 | 9,026 |
| 2014 | 6,152 | 743 | 6,895 |
| 2013 | 6,606 | 877 | 7,483 |
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 €358,830. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,397 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 32%
- Payment, one income
- 65%
31.5% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 5,742
- Per 1,000 residents
- 5.1
In 2022 the population grew by 10,943 while 6,033 homes were started: 1.8 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 1.8
- Population change, 2022
- +10,943
5.5% of the 759,434 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 5.5%
- Empty homes
- 41,844
Public bodies signed €15.4M of housing works here in 2025, and €18.5M since 2024.
- Signed in 2025
- €15.4M
- Per resident, 2025
- €14