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Renovation in Hérault
In 2025, 17% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 17%
Homes authorised in Hérault: 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 | 7,034 | 1,401 | 8,435 |
| 2024 | 6,141 | 1,194 | 7,335 |
| 2023 | 8,343 | 1,102 | 9,445 |
| 2022 | 8,646 | 1,480 | 10,126 |
| 2021 | 10,734 | 1,352 | 12,086 |
| 2020 | 8,713 | 1,320 | 10,033 |
| 2019 | 10,868 | 1,063 | 11,931 |
| 2018 | 11,355 | 851 | 12,206 |
| 2017 | 11,836 | 1,362 | 13,198 |
| 2016 | 12,356 | 767 | 13,123 |
| 2015 | 10,341 | 778 | 11,119 |
| 2014 | 9,477 | 1,101 | 10,578 |
| 2013 | 8,492 | 1,067 | 9,559 |
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 €291,420. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,134 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 28%
- Payment, one income
- 56%
32.5% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 7,624
- Per 1,000 residents
- 6.2
In 2022 the population grew by 12,958 while 8,159 homes were started: 1.6 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 1.6
- Population change, 2022
- +12,958
6.7% of the 782,278 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 6.7%
- Empty homes
- 52,668
Public bodies signed €42.3M of housing works here in 2025, and €50.7M since 2024.
- Signed in 2025
- €42.3M
- Per resident, 2025
- €34