Magalas · report
Renovation in Magalas
In 2025, 6% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 6%
Homes authorised in Magalas: 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 | 15 | 1 | 16 |
| 2024 | 12 | — | 12 |
| 2023 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2022 | 25 | 7 | 32 |
| 2021 | 54 | 6 | 60 |
| 2020 | 31 | 7 | 38 |
| 2019 | 20 | 1 | 21 |
| 2018 | 30 | 7 | 37 |
| 2017 | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 2016 | 24 | — | 24 |
| 2015 | 16 | — | 16 |
| 2014 | 34 | 1 | 35 |
| 2013 | 12 | — | 12 |
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 €237,870. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €926 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 22%
- Payment, one income
- 45%
Figures for Hérault: Magalas has no reliable figures of its own.
32.5% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 7,624
In 2022 the population grew by 51 while 36 homes were started: 1.4 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 1.4
- Population change, 2022
- +51
0.9% of the 1,828 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 0.9%
- Empty homes
- 17