Béziers · report
Renovation in Béziers
In 2025, 34% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 34%
Homes authorised in Béziers: 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 | 446 | 230 | 676 |
| 2024 | 502 | 110 | 612 |
| 2023 | 433 | 70 | 503 |
| 2022 | 773 | 80 | 853 |
| 2021 | 440 | 109 | 549 |
| 2020 | 376 | 118 | 494 |
| 2019 | 270 | 90 | 360 |
| 2018 | 893 | 27 | 920 |
| 2017 | 588 | 55 | 643 |
| 2016 | 694 | 38 | 732 |
| 2015 | 578 | 56 | 634 |
| 2014 | 415 | 71 | 486 |
| 2013 | 224 | 92 | 316 |
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 €174,780. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €680 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 22%
- Payment, one income
- 44%
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
- €1,004
- Owning per month
- €560
Figures for Hérault: Béziers has no reliable figures of its own.
32.5% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 7,624
In 2022 the population grew by 730 while 426 homes were started: 1.7 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 1.7
- Population change, 2022
- +730
15.6% of the 48,813 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 15.6%
- Empty homes
- 7,614
Public bodies signed €2.3M of housing works here in 2025, and €2.3M since 2024.
- Signed in 2025
- €2.3M
- Per resident, 2025
- €28