Ain · report
Renovation in Ain
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 Ain: new buildings and existing ones
Dwellings authorised each year, by the year the permit was granted: in new buildings, and by works on existing buildings (conversions, extensions, changes of use). SDES Sitadel.
- Existing buildings
- New buildings
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| Year | New buildings | Existing buildings | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,412 | 759 | 4,171 |
| 2024 | 3,891 | 854 | 4,745 |
| 2023 | 3,858 | 764 | 4,622 |
| 2022 | 5,579 | 783 | 6,362 |
| 2021 | 4,766 | 1,261 | 6,027 |
| 2020 | 4,422 | 762 | 5,184 |
| 2019 | 4,036 | 705 | 4,741 |
| 2018 | 4,785 | 529 | 5,314 |
| 2017 | 4,768 | 945 | 5,713 |
| 2016 | 4,831 | 900 | 5,731 |
| 2015 | 4,424 | 604 | 5,028 |
| 2014 | 4,300 | 420 | 4,720 |
| 2013 | 4,752 | 668 | 5,420 |
Only permits that create dwellings are listed, so renovation that adds no home (refurbishing, insulating, re-roofing) is not counted. A permit is permission to build, not a finished home. The current year is left out until it is complete.
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At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €231,300. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €900 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 19%
- Payment, one income
- 39%
23.3% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 4,238
- Per 1,000 residents
- 6.2
In 2022 the population grew by 8,055 while 3,603 homes were started: 2.2 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 2.2
- Population change, 2022
- +8,055
7.7% of the 338,914 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 7.7%
- Empty homes
- 25,966
Public bodies signed €6.1M of housing works here in 2025, and €11.8M since 2024.
- Signed in 2025
- €6.1M
- Per resident, 2025
- €9