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Renovation in Macau
In 2025, 15% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 15%
Homes authorised in Macau: 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 | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| 2024 | 9 | — | 9 |
| 2023 | 5 | 15 | 20 |
| 2022 | 21 | — | 21 |
| 2021 | 23 | 4 | 27 |
| 2020 | 12 | — | 12 |
| 2019 | 28 | 3 | 31 |
| 2018 | 21 | 8 | 29 |
| 2017 | 25 | — | 25 |
| 2016 | 21 | 2 | 23 |
| 2015 | 30 | 1 | 31 |
| 2014 | 22 | 1 | 23 |
| 2013 | 48 | 1 | 49 |
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 €241,020. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €938 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 21%
- Payment, one income
- 42%
Figures for Gironde: Macau has no reliable figures of its own.
27.8% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 11,095
In 2022 the population grew by 1 while 9 homes were started: 0.1 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 0.1
- Population change, 2022
- +1
4.3% of the 2,017 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 4.3%
- Empty homes
- 86