Mer · report
Renovation in Mer
In 2025, 12% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 12%
Homes authorised in Mer: 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 | 30 | 4 | 34 |
| 2024 | 15 | 3 | 18 |
| 2023 | 13 | 7 | 20 |
| 2022 | 13 | 7 | 20 |
| 2021 | 20 | 1 | 21 |
| 2020 | 13 | 2 | 15 |
| 2019 | 8 | — | 8 |
| 2018 | 31 | 2 | 33 |
| 2017 | 17 | — | 17 |
| 2016 | 19 | 2 | 21 |
| 2015 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2014 | 19 | 1 | 20 |
| 2013 | 56 | — | 56 |
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 €144,990. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €564 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 14%
- Payment, one income
- 28%
Figures for Loir-et-Cher: Mer has no reliable figures of its own.
23.6% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 964
In 2022 the population fell by 44 while 21 homes were started.
- Homes started, 2022
- 21
- Population change, 2022
- −44
9.1% of the 3,329 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 9.1%
- Empty homes
- 302