Lourdes · report
Renovation in Lourdes
In 2025, 93% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 93%
Homes authorised in Lourdes: 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 | 6 | 82 | 88 |
| 2024 | 5 | 72 | 77 |
| 2023 | 23 | 113 | 136 |
| 2022 | 222 | 68 | 290 |
| 2021 | 46 | 71 | 117 |
| 2020 | 6 | 24 | 30 |
| 2019 | 8 | 63 | 71 |
| 2018 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 2017 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2015 | 25 | — | 25 |
| 2014 | 16 | — | 16 |
| 2013 | 5 | — | 5 |
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 €112,680. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €439 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 12%
- Payment, one income
- 25%
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
- €984
- Owning per month
- €388
Figures for Hautes-Pyrénées: Lourdes has no reliable figures of its own.
16.7% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 1,521
In 2022 the population grew by 0 while 51 homes were started: 0.0 new residents for every new home.
- Homes started, 2022
- 51
- Population change, 2022
- +0
15.5% of the 9,824 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 15.5%
- Empty homes
- 1,526