La Rochelle (17) · report
Renovation in La Rochelle (17)
In 2025, 60% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 60%
Homes authorised in La Rochelle (17): 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 | 150 | 228 | 378 |
| 2024 | 287 | 302 | 589 |
| 2023 | 164 | 303 | 467 |
| 2022 | 163 | 325 | 488 |
| 2021 | 258 | 124 | 382 |
| 2020 | 211 | 34 | 245 |
| 2019 | 1,205 | 67 | 1,272 |
| 2018 | 682 | 146 | 828 |
| 2017 | 398 | 151 | 549 |
| 2016 | 610 | 295 | 905 |
| 2015 | 1,398 | 170 | 1,568 |
| 2014 | 660 | 77 | 737 |
| 2013 | 656 | 202 | 858 |
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 €413,280. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,609 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 39%
- Payment, one income
- 77%
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
- €1,328
- Owning per month
- €1,570
Figures for Charente-Maritime: La Rochelle (17) has no reliable figures of its own.
19.5% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 4,797
In 2022 the population fell by 110 while 528 homes were started.
- Homes started, 2022
- 528
- Population change, 2022
- −110
6.3% of the 56,890 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 6.3%
- Empty homes
- 3,565