Marseille · report
Renovation in Marseille
In 2025, 24% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 24%
Homes authorised in Marseille: 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 | 1,819 | 585 | 2,404 |
| 2024 | 2,672 | 302 | 2,974 |
| 2023 | 2,771 | 445 | 3,216 |
| 2022 | 3,100 | 470 | 3,570 |
| 2021 | 1,903 | 380 | 2,283 |
| 2020 | 1,540 | 128 | 1,668 |
| 2019 | 3,326 | 305 | 3,631 |
| 2018 | 4,482 | 323 | 4,805 |
| 2017 | 4,301 | 435 | 4,736 |
| 2016 | 5,782 | 250 | 6,032 |
| 2015 | 4,837 | 193 | 5,030 |
| 2014 | 4,641 | 510 | 5,151 |
| 2013 | 4,691 | 356 | 5,047 |
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 €299,430. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,165 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 31%
- Payment, one income
- 61%
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
- €1,467
- Owning per month
- €1,058
Figures for Bouches-du-Rhône: Marseille has no reliable figures of its own.
24.5% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 8,951
In 2022 the population grew by 8,825 while 2,779 homes were started: 3.2 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 3.2
- Population change, 2022
- +8,825
7.6% of the 470,983 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 7.6%
- Empty homes
- 35,780
Public bodies signed €244.8K of housing works here in 2025, and €244.8K since 2024.
- Signed in 2025
- €244.8K
- Per resident, 2025
- €0