Laval · report
Renovation in Laval
In 2025, 28% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 28%
Homes authorised in Laval: 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 | 286 | 109 | 395 |
| 2024 | 122 | 140 | 262 |
| 2023 | 533 | 48 | 581 |
| 2022 | 350 | 159 | 509 |
| 2021 | 466 | 284 | 750 |
| 2020 | 319 | 95 | 414 |
| 2019 | 433 | 94 | 527 |
| 2018 | 109 | 151 | 260 |
| 2017 | 105 | 48 | 153 |
| 2016 | 191 | 101 | 292 |
| 2015 | 109 | 38 | 147 |
| 2014 | 76 | 13 | 89 |
| 2013 | 134 | 13 | 147 |
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 €195,300. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €760 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 19%
- Payment, one income
- 38%
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
- €1,004
- Owning per month
- €699
Figures for Mayenne: Laval has no reliable figures of its own.
18.4% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 1,826
In 2022 the population fell by 74 while 440 homes were started.
- Homes started, 2022
- 440
- Population change, 2022
- −74
9.3% of the 29,835 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 9.3%
- Empty homes
- 2,765