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Affordability in Vire Normandie

At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €140,850. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €548 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.

Payment, two incomes
14%
Payment, one income
27%

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Starting from the median sale price of €1,565/m² in Vire Normandie, a median standard of living of €24,040 a year (disposable income per consumption unit, 2023, Vire Normandie) and a mortgage rate of 3.2% (August 2026).

Assumptions
90
INSEE's median is per consumption unit: one income is a single adult's, and a couple counts as 1.5 units, so two incomes is generous for a couple.
3.2

The payment takes 14% of income, within the HCSF's 35% limit.

Home price
€140,850
Monthly payment
€548
Share of net income
14%
Highest price within 35%
€360,293

France against the EU

Share of people spending over 40% of their disposable income on housing, then the rest of Eurostat's survey of living conditions. These are national figures, shown here as context.

  • France
  • EU
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YearFranceEU
20256.4%7.7%
20247.0%8.2%
20236.5%8.8%
20226.5%8.7%
20205.6%7.8%
20195.5%9.4%
20184.7%9.6%
20175.0%10.1%
20165.2%10.9%
20155.7%11.2%
20145.1%11.5%
20135.2%11.6%
20125.2%11.5%
20115.2%10.6%
20105.1%10.0%
Share of people whoFranceEU
Spend over 40% of income on housing6.3%7.7%
… nationals (adults)4.4%7.1%
… citizens of another EU country (adults)17.1%15.2%
… non-EU citizens (adults)38.0%18.1%
Live in an overcrowded home12.7%16.8%
Own their home outright39.7%43.7%
Own with a mortgage31.5%24.8%
Rent at market price16.3%20.8%
Rent at a reduced price or free12.5%10.7%

Income is INSEE's median standard of living: a household's disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units, so one income is a single adult's. It is published about two years late, so today's price is set against the latest year. The HCSF caps the payment, insurance included, at 35% of income for most new loans, and banks may lend less.

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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
€860
Owning per month
€418

Figures for Calvados: Vire Normandie has no reliable figures of its own.

8.4% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
5,026

In 2022 the population grew by 46 while 63 homes were started: 0.7 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2022
0.7
Population change, 2022
+46

11.3% of the 9,998 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2023 census
11.3%
Empty homes
1,134

In 2025, 8% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.

Homes in existing buildings, 2025
8%