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Renovation in Galicia
In 2025, 22% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 22%
Homes authorised in Galicia: 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 | 6,337 | 1,826 | 8,163 |
| 2024 | 5,985 | 1,829 | 7,814 |
| 2023 | 3,498 | 1,567 | 5,065 |
| 2022 | 3,342 | 1,233 | 4,575 |
| 2021 | 3,145 | 1,131 | 4,276 |
| 2020 | 3,453 | 1,398 | 4,851 |
| 2019 | 3,497 | 1,444 | 4,941 |
| 2018 | 3,476 | 1,391 | 4,867 |
| 2017 | 2,373 | 1,263 | 3,636 |
| 2016 | 2,059 | 1,269 | 3,328 |
| 2015 | 1,526 | 1,154 | 2,680 |
| 2014 | 1,519 | 1,060 | 2,579 |
| 2013 | 1,550 | 1,039 | 2,589 |
| 2012 | 2,115 | 1,249 | 3,364 |
| 2011 | 3,836 | 1,360 | 5,196 |
| 2010 | 4,118 | 1,395 | 5,513 |
| 2009 | 6,268 | 1,503 | 7,771 |
| 2008 | 19,232 | 1,663 | 20,895 |
| 2007 | 43,040 | 1,702 | 44,742 |
| 2006 | 52,361 | 1,993 | 54,354 |
| 2005 | 39,366 | 2,493 | 41,859 |
| 2004 | 34,521 | 2,252 | 36,773 |
| 2003 | 33,698 | 2,466 | 36,164 |
| 2002 | 27,249 | 2,353 | 29,602 |
| 2001 | 24,892 | 1,752 | 26,644 |
| 2000 | 28,762 | 2,141 | 30,903 |
| 1999 | 28,134 | 1,797 | 29,931 |
| 1998 | 19,124 | 1,547 | 20,671 |
| 1997 | 16,511 | 1,765 | 18,276 |
| 1996 | 15,060 | 1,657 | 16,717 |
| 1995 | 17,470 | 1,305 | 18,775 |
| 1994 | 15,812 | 1,562 | 17,374 |
| 1993 | 11,778 | 978 | 12,756 |
| 1992 | 13,793 | 1,025 | 14,818 |
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: Galicia has no reliable figures of its own.
At the average appraised value, a 90 m² home costs €149,112. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €569 a month. Spain sets no cap on the payment; lenders must assess each borrower's solvency.
- Payment, two incomes
- 17%
- Payment, one income
- 34%
62.0% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 5,965
- Per 1,000 residents
- 2.2
Buyers living abroad bought 1.7% of the homes sold here in the four quarters to Q2 2026.
- Bought by buyers abroad, 12 months
- 1.7%
Appraised values have fallen by 3% or more 2 times since 1995. The deepest began in Q1 2008.
- Deepest fall
- −25.7%
- Recovery from the low
- 138 months
In 2024 the population grew by 10,926 while 2,341 homes were finished: 4.7 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2024
- 4.7
- Population change, 2024
- +10,926
28.8% of the 1,757,739 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2021 census
- 28.8%
- Empty homes
- 506,351
Public bodies signed €98.6M of housing works here in 2025, and €187.3M since 2017.
- Signed in 2025
- €98.6M
- Per resident, 2025
- €36