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Renovation in La Possession
In 2025, 4% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 4%
Homes authorised in La Possession: 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 | 151 | 6 | 157 |
| 2024 | 153 | 4 | 157 |
| 2023 | 270 | 7 | 277 |
| 2022 | 260 | 10 | 270 |
| 2021 | 499 | 3 | 502 |
| 2020 | 184 | 10 | 194 |
| 2019 | 295 | 7 | 302 |
| 2018 | 397 | 10 | 407 |
| 2017 | 232 | 11 | 243 |
| 2016 | 681 | 6 | 687 |
| 2015 | 291 | 14 | 305 |
| 2014 | 861 | 25 | 886 |
| 2013 | 366 | 81 | 447 |
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 €275,670. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,073 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 27%
- Payment, one income
- 54%
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
- €1,391
- Owning per month
- €932
Figures for La Réunion: La Possession has no reliable figures of its own.
17.9% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 8,521
In 2022 the population grew by 178 while 376 homes were started: 0.5 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 0.5
- Population change, 2022
- +178
5.4% of the 15,427 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 5.4%
- Empty homes
- 837