Brech · report
Renovation in Brech
In 2025, 13% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 13%
Homes authorised in Brech: 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 | 42 | 6 | 48 |
| 2024 | 17 | 6 | 23 |
| 2023 | 73 | 1 | 74 |
| 2022 | 100 | 11 | 111 |
| 2021 | 18 | 6 | 24 |
| 2020 | 42 | 5 | 47 |
| 2019 | 57 | 4 | 61 |
| 2018 | 64 | 1 | 65 |
| 2017 | 62 | 10 | 72 |
| 2016 | 32 | 5 | 37 |
| 2015 | 33 | 1 | 34 |
| 2014 | 26 | 4 | 30 |
| 2013 | 17 | 2 | 19 |
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 €272,340. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,060 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 23%
- Payment, one income
- 46%
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
- €1,141
- Owning per month
- €982
Figures for Morbihan: Brech has no reliable figures of its own.
16.3% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 7,671
In 2022 the population fell by 5 while 87 homes were started.
- Homes started, 2022
- 87
- Population change, 2022
- −5
4.6% of the 3,223 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 4.6%
- Empty homes
- 149