Chambéry · report
Renovation in Chambéry
In 2025, 15% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 15%
Homes authorised in Chambéry: 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 | 299 | 54 | 353 |
| 2024 | 326 | 10 | 336 |
| 2023 | 473 | 12 | 485 |
| 2022 | 344 | 54 | 398 |
| 2021 | 742 | 273 | 1,015 |
| 2020 | 181 | 14 | 195 |
| 2019 | 455 | 75 | 530 |
| 2018 | 438 | 62 | 500 |
| 2017 | 510 | 105 | 615 |
| 2016 | 246 | 32 | 278 |
| 2015 | 294 | 70 | 364 |
| 2014 | 21 | 17 | 38 |
| 2013 | 135 | 11 | 146 |
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 €274,860. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,070 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 26%
- Payment, one income
- 52%
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
- €1,449
- Owning per month
- €988
Figures for Savoie: Chambéry has no reliable figures of its own.
0.7% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 5,181
In 2022 the population fell by 287 while 401 homes were started.
- Homes started, 2022
- 401
- Population change, 2022
- −287
9.0% of the 33,867 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 9.0%
- Empty homes
- 3,057
Public bodies signed €66.7K of housing works here in 2025, and €66.7K since 2024.
- Signed in 2025
- €66.7K
- Per resident, 2025
- €1