La Rioja province · report
Renovation in La Rioja province
In 2025, 19% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 19%
Homes authorised in La Rioja 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 | 716 | 164 | 880 |
| 2024 | 477 | 142 | 619 |
| 2023 | 670 | 138 | 808 |
| 2022 | 622 | 140 | 762 |
| 2021 | 857 | 144 | 1,001 |
| 2020 | 1,036 | 127 | 1,163 |
| 2019 | 716 | 208 | 924 |
| 2018 | 345 | 294 | 639 |
| 2017 | 424 | 178 | 602 |
| 2016 | 559 | 195 | 754 |
| 2015 | 248 | 164 | 412 |
| 2014 | 278 | 116 | 394 |
| 2013 | 347 | 126 | 473 |
| 2012 | 512 | 153 | 665 |
| 2011 | 850 | 194 | 1,044 |
| 2010 | 891 | 221 | 1,112 |
| 2009 | 711 | 290 | 1,001 |
| 2008 | 3,295 | 290 | 3,585 |
| 2007 | 7,358 | 283 | 7,641 |
| 2006 | 9,302 | 370 | 9,672 |
| 2005 | 6,454 | 509 | 6,963 |
| 2004 | 6,278 | 505 | 6,783 |
| 2003 | 5,811 | 209 | 6,020 |
| 2002 | 4,260 | 391 | 4,651 |
| 2001 | 4,594 | 382 | 4,976 |
| 2000 | 4,242 | 278 | 4,520 |
| 1999 | 4,135 | 141 | 4,276 |
| 1998 | 4,004 | 158 | 4,162 |
| 1997 | 3,226 | 149 | 3,375 |
| 1996 | 2,017 | 141 | 2,158 |
| 1995 | 2,937 | 173 | 3,110 |
| 1994 | 2,448 | 167 | 2,615 |
| 1993 | 1,955 | 51 | 2,006 |
| 1992 | 1,338 | 43 | 1,381 |
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 €132,912. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €507 a month. Spain sets no cap on the payment; lenders must assess each borrower's solvency.
- Payment, two incomes
- 15%
- Payment, one income
- 29%
32.3% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 851
- Per 1,000 residents
- 2.6
Buyers living abroad bought 0.6% of the homes sold here in the four quarters to Q2 2026.
- Bought by buyers abroad, 12 months
- 0.6%
Appraised values have fallen by 3% or more 2 times since 1995. The deepest began in Q1 2008.
- Deepest fall
- −35.4%
- Recovery from the low
- Not yet
In 2024 the population grew by 2,649 while 746 homes were finished: 3.6 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2024
- 3.6
- Population change, 2024
- +2,649
12.0% of the 211,333 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2021 census
- 12.0%
- Empty homes
- 25,344
Public bodies signed €6M of housing works here in 2025, and €6M since 2017.
- Signed in 2025
- €6M
- Per resident, 2025
- €18