Ajaccio · report
Renovation in Ajaccio
In 2025, 1% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 1%
Homes authorised in Ajaccio: 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 | 331 | 5 | 336 |
| 2024 | 443 | 8 | 451 |
| 2023 | 213 | 32 | 245 |
| 2022 | 170 | 13 | 183 |
| 2021 | 75 | 10 | 85 |
| 2020 | 379 | 58 | 437 |
| 2019 | 365 | 9 | 374 |
| 2018 | 451 | 66 | 517 |
| 2017 | 1,176 | 148 | 1,324 |
| 2016 | 349 | 5 | 354 |
| 2015 | 1,848 | 8 | 1,856 |
| 2014 | 447 | 34 | 481 |
| 2013 | 101 | 29 | 130 |
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 €346,140. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,347 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 31%
- Payment, one income
- 62%
Owning a 90 m² apartment costs less each month than renting it. Owning counts interest, running costs and the return the deposit could earn, at apartments' median sale price; rent is the asking rent. Repaying the loan is saving, so it is left out.
- Rent per month
- €1,370
- Owning per month
- €1,261
Figures for Corse-du-Sud: Ajaccio has no reliable figures of its own.
33.7% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 1,416
In 2022 the population grew by 977 while 163 homes were started: 6.0 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 6.0
- Population change, 2022
- +977
2.9% of the 37,053 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 2.9%
- Empty homes
- 1,062