Cantabria province · report
Renovation in Cantabria province
In 2025, 45% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 45%
Homes authorised in Cantabria province: 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 | 1,134 | 946 | 2,080 |
| 2024 | 1,260 | 957 | 2,217 |
| 2023 | 957 | 957 | 1,914 |
| 2022 | 1,378 | 1,104 | 2,482 |
| 2021 | 993 | 1,089 | 2,082 |
| 2020 | 611 | 1,002 | 1,613 |
| 2019 | 1,028 | 1,062 | 2,090 |
| 2018 | 966 | 1,046 | 2,012 |
| 2017 | 492 | 781 | 1,273 |
| 2016 | 483 | 662 | 1,145 |
| 2015 | 539 | 679 | 1,218 |
| 2014 | 362 | 566 | 928 |
| 2013 | 557 | 559 | 1,116 |
| 2012 | 485 | 600 | 1,085 |
| 2011 | 1,661 | 618 | 2,279 |
| 2010 | 2,866 | 817 | 3,683 |
| 2009 | 2,336 | 802 | 3,138 |
| 2008 | 4,675 | 694 | 5,369 |
| 2007 | 10,076 | 786 | 10,862 |
| 2006 | 11,936 | 707 | 12,643 |
| 2005 | 9,774 | 635 | 10,409 |
| 2004 | 7,727 | 640 | 8,367 |
| 2003 | 6,142 | 598 | 6,740 |
| 2002 | 8,377 | 525 | 8,902 |
| 2001 | 12,266 | 624 | 12,890 |
| 2000 | 9,824 | 734 | 10,558 |
| 1999 | 10,379 | 604 | 10,983 |
| 1998 | 7,595 | 514 | 8,109 |
| 1997 | 5,720 | 532 | 6,252 |
| 1996 | 4,557 | 417 | 4,974 |
| 1995 | 4,180 | 546 | 4,726 |
| 1994 | 4,558 | 423 | 4,981 |
| 1993 | 3,853 | 325 | 4,178 |
| 1992 | 4,478 | 272 | 4,750 |
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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At the average appraised value, a 90 m² home costs €190,980. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €728 a month. Spain sets no cap on the payment; lenders must assess each borrower's solvency.
- Payment, two incomes
- 21%
- Payment, one income
- 42%
60.5% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 1,491
- Per 1,000 residents
- 2.5
Buyers living abroad bought 1.3% of the homes sold here in the four quarters to Q2 2026.
- Bought by buyers abroad, 12 months
- 1.3%
Appraised values have fallen by 3% or more 3 times since 1995. The deepest began in Q3 2007.
- Deepest fall
- −32.4%
- Recovery from the low
- 72 months
In 2024 the population grew by 2,885 while 1,369 homes were finished: 2.1 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2024
- 2.1
- Population change, 2024
- +2,885
12.9% of the 383,642 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2021 census
- 12.9%
- Empty homes
- 49,372
Public bodies signed €38.2M of housing works here in 2025, and €38.2M since 2017.
- Signed in 2025
- €38.2M
- Per resident, 2025
- €64