La Grande-Motte · report
Renovation in La Grande-Motte
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 La Grande-Motte: 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 | 2 | — | 2 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2023 | 51 | 3 | 54 |
| 2022 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2021 | 87 | 18 | 105 |
| 2020 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2019 | 44 | 1 | 45 |
| 2018 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2017 | 55 | 3 | 58 |
| 2016 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 2015 | 6 | — | 6 |
| 2014 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2013 | 5 | 12 | 17 |
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 €484,650. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,886 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 43%
- Payment, one income
- 86%
Renting a 90 m² apartment costs less each month than owning 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
- €1,633
- Owning per month
- €1,751
Figures for Hérault: La Grande-Motte has no reliable figures of its own.
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
In 2022 the population fell by 68 while 3 homes were started.
- Homes started, 2022
- 3
- Population change, 2022
- −68
0.9% of the 20,769 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 0.9%
- Empty homes
- 185