Megève · report
Renovation in Megève
In 2025, 48% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 48%
Homes authorised in Megève: 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 | 34 | 32 | 66 |
| 2024 | 36 | 10 | 46 |
| 2023 | 44 | 38 | 82 |
| 2022 | 87 | 29 | 116 |
| 2021 | 58 | 29 | 87 |
| 2020 | 46 | 11 | 57 |
| 2019 | 70 | 8 | 78 |
| 2018 | 297 | 56 | 353 |
| 2017 | 40 | 9 | 49 |
| 2016 | 20 | 23 | 43 |
| 2015 | 64 | 3 | 67 |
| 2014 | 18 | 10 | 28 |
| 2013 | 29 | 6 | 35 |
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 €883,350. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €3,438 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 70%
- Payment, one income
- 140%
Renting a 90 m² apartment costs less each month than owning 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
- €1,891
- Owning per month
- €3,076
Figures for Haute-Savoie: Megève has no reliable figures of its own.
19.9% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 8,917
In 2022 the population fell by 34 while 128 homes were started.
- Homes started, 2022
- 128
- Population change, 2022
- −34
1.0% of the 9,429 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 1.0%
- Empty homes
- 90
Public bodies signed €716.3K of housing works here in 2025, and €845.8K since 2024.
- Signed in 2025
- €716.3K
- Per resident, 2025
- €248