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Renovation in Descartes
In 2025, 0% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 0%
Homes authorised in Descartes: 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 | 5 | — | 5 |
| 2023 | 3 | — | 3 |
| 2022 | 1 | — | 1 |
| 2021 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2020 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2019 | 4 | — | 4 |
| 2018 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2015 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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 €94,230. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €367 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 10%
- Payment, one income
- 20%
Figures for Indre-et-Loire: Descartes has no reliable figures of its own.
15.6% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 3,084
In 2022 the population grew by 80 while 2 homes were started: 40.0 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 40.0
- Population change, 2022
- +80
16.5% of the 2,232 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 16.5%
- Empty homes
- 369