Corte · report
Renovation in Corte
In 2025, 7% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 7%
Homes authorised in Corte: 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 | 125 | 10 | 135 |
| 2024 | 15 | 10 | 25 |
| 2023 | 80 | — | 80 |
| 2022 | 82 | 1 | 83 |
| 2021 | 136 | 2 | 138 |
| 2020 | 144 | 9 | 153 |
| 2019 | 73 | 1 | 74 |
| 2018 | 71 | 4 | 75 |
| 2017 | 85 | 5 | 90 |
| 2016 | 56 | 4 | 60 |
| 2015 | 66 | 2 | 68 |
| 2014 | 67 | — | 67 |
| 2013 | 74 | 7 | 81 |
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 €248,310. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €966 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 25%
- Payment, one income
- 50%
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
- €1,272
- Owning per month
- €891
Figures for Haute-Corse: Corte has no reliable figures of its own.
20.1% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 1,879
In 2022 the population grew by 82 while 135 homes were started: 0.6 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 0.6
- Population change, 2022
- +82
2.9% of the 5,848 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 2.9%
- Empty homes
- 169