Bordeaux · report
Renovation in Bordeaux
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 Bordeaux: 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 | 2,474 | 207 | 2,681 |
| 2024 | 1,060 | 145 | 1,205 |
| 2023 | 1,743 | 249 | 1,992 |
| 2022 | 1,834 | 214 | 2,048 |
| 2021 | 2,260 | 285 | 2,545 |
| 2020 | 1,856 | 274 | 2,130 |
| 2019 | 3,712 | 277 | 3,989 |
| 2018 | 2,598 | 121 | 2,719 |
| 2017 | 2,550 | 787 | 3,337 |
| 2016 | 1,958 | 583 | 2,541 |
| 2015 | 1,774 | 1,138 | 2,912 |
| 2014 | 1,114 | 791 | 1,905 |
| 2013 | 2,765 | 585 | 3,350 |
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 €381,870. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,486 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 32%
- Payment, one income
- 65%
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
- €1,439
- Owning per month
- €1,351
Figures for Gironde: Bordeaux has no reliable figures of its own.
27.8% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 11,095
In 2022 the population grew by 2,663 while 1,276 homes were started: 2.1 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 2.1
- Population change, 2022
- +2,663
6.7% of the 171,777 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 6.7%
- Empty homes
- 11,591
Public bodies signed €16.2M of housing works here in 2025, and €22M since 2024.
- Signed in 2025
- €16.2M
- Per resident, 2025
- €60