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Renovation in Cataluña
In 2025, 18% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 18%
Homes authorised in Cataluña: new buildings and existing ones
Dwellings in approved works plans each year: in new buildings, and by extending or refurbishing existing ones. MIVAU, by autonomous community.
- Existing buildings
- New buildings
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| Year | New buildings | Existing buildings | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15,812 | 3,503 | 19,315 |
| 2024 | 16,931 | 3,279 | 20,210 |
| 2023 | 15,221 | 3,179 | 18,400 |
| 2022 | 16,400 | 4,095 | 20,495 |
| 2021 | 14,886 | 8,008 | 22,894 |
| 2020 | 10,476 | 7,602 | 18,078 |
| 2019 | 13,796 | 8,178 | 21,974 |
| 2018 | 12,917 | 5,861 | 18,778 |
| 2017 | 10,091 | 6,587 | 16,678 |
| 2016 | 7,489 | 6,985 | 14,474 |
| 2015 | 5,423 | 7,005 | 12,428 |
| 2014 | 3,635 | 6,102 | 9,737 |
| 2013 | 2,401 | 6,059 | 8,460 |
| 2012 | 3,938 | 6,182 | 10,120 |
| 2011 | 6,437 | 8,857 | 15,294 |
| 2010 | 9,537 | 9,003 | 18,540 |
| 2009 | 11,554 | 5,053 | 16,607 |
| 2008 | 26,452 | 2,345 | 28,797 |
| 2007 | 84,842 | 3,549 | 88,391 |
| 2006 | 125,506 | 6,011 | 131,517 |
| 2005 | 109,144 | 9,486 | 118,630 |
| 2004 | 96,561 | 8,100 | 104,661 |
| 2003 | 87,886 | 8,607 | 96,493 |
| 2002 | 71,914 | 9,872 | 81,786 |
| 2001 | 65,410 | 20,175 | 85,585 |
| 2000 | 74,531 | 19,622 | 94,153 |
| 1999 | 77,836 | 15,277 | 93,113 |
| 1998 | 70,639 | 5,120 | 75,759 |
| 1997 | 57,331 | 4,873 | 62,204 |
| 1996 | 46,844 | 3,968 | 50,812 |
| 1995 | 46,183 | 3,721 | 49,904 |
| 1994 | 38,490 | 3,864 | 42,354 |
| 1993 | 32,244 | 3,567 | 35,811 |
| 1992 | 30,366 | 3,976 | 34,342 |
These are approvals, not finished works, and they count dwellings only: renovation that creates or reshapes no dwelling is not in them. MIVAU splits them by autonomous community, not by province.
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Figures for Spain: Cataluña has no reliable figures of its own.
At the average appraised value, a 90 m² home costs €247,761. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €945 a month. Spain sets no cap on the payment; lenders must assess each borrower's solvency.
- Payment, two incomes
- 28%
- Payment, one income
- 57%
26.4% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 16,883
- Per 1,000 residents
- 2.1
Buyers living abroad bought 3.8% of the homes sold here in the four quarters to Q2 2026.
- Bought by buyers abroad, 12 months
- 3.8%
Appraised values have fallen by 3% or more once since 1995. That fall began in Q2 2008.
- Deepest fall
- −33.6%
- Recovery from the low
- 123 months
In 2024 the population grew by 108,816 while 14,028 homes were finished: 7.8 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2024
- 7.8
- Population change, 2024
- +108,816
10.7% of the 3,915,127 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2021 census
- 10.7%
- Empty homes
- 417,652
Public bodies signed €69.5M of housing works here in 2025, and €188M since 2017.
- Signed in 2025
- €69.5M
- Per resident, 2025
- €9