Biarritz · report
Renovation in Biarritz
In 2025, 8% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 8%
Homes authorised in Biarritz: 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 | 146 | 13 | 159 |
| 2024 | 20 | 21 | 41 |
| 2023 | 45 | 64 | 109 |
| 2022 | 25 | 16 | 41 |
| 2021 | 65 | 29 | 94 |
| 2020 | 49 | 8 | 57 |
| 2019 | 177 | 10 | 187 |
| 2018 | 127 | 17 | 144 |
| 2017 | 201 | 33 | 234 |
| 2016 | 68 | 14 | 82 |
| 2015 | 73 | 2 | 75 |
| 2014 | 112 | 20 | 132 |
| 2013 | 164 | 24 | 188 |
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 €630,000. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €2,452 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 50%
- Payment, one income
- 101%
Renting a 90 m² apartment costs less each month than owning 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
- €1,475
- Owning per month
- €2,279
Figures for Pyrénées-Atlantiques: Biarritz has no reliable figures of its own.
11.9% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 4,512
In 2022 the population grew by 396 while 17 homes were started: 23.3 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 23.3
- Population change, 2022
- +396
2.1% of the 26,457 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 2.1%
- Empty homes
- 559
Public bodies signed €624.9K of housing works here in 2024, and €624.9K since 2024.
- Signed in 2024
- €624.9K
- Per resident, 2024
- €24