Cher · report
Renovation in Cher
In 2025, 18% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 18%
Homes authorised in Cher: 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 | 599 | 132 | 731 |
| 2024 | 417 | 213 | 630 |
| 2023 | 393 | 208 | 601 |
| 2022 | 883 | 290 | 1,173 |
| 2021 | 1,304 | 236 | 1,540 |
| 2020 | 528 | 202 | 730 |
| 2019 | 888 | 108 | 996 |
| 2018 | 478 | 142 | 620 |
| 2017 | 615 | 128 | 743 |
| 2016 | 642 | 93 | 735 |
| 2015 | 436 | 78 | 514 |
| 2014 | 526 | 96 | 622 |
| 2013 | 803 | 103 | 906 |
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 €110,970. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €432 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 10%
- Payment, one income
- 21%
4.6% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 897
- Per 1,000 residents
- 3.0
In 2022 the population fell by 836 while 1,048 homes were started.
- Homes started, 2022
- 1,048
- Population change, 2022
- −836
12.2% of the 179,931 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 12.2%
- Empty homes
- 22,012
Public bodies signed €2.2M of housing works here in 2025, and €2.2M since 2024.
- Signed in 2025
- €2.2M
- Per resident, 2025
- €7