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Renovation in Montblanc
In 2025, 4% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 4%
Homes authorised in Montblanc: 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 | 22 | 1 | 23 |
| 2024 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| 2023 | 17 | 2 | 19 |
| 2022 | 50 | — | 50 |
| 2021 | 72 | — | 72 |
| 2020 | 13 | 1 | 14 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2018 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2017 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2016 | 9 | — | 9 |
| 2015 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2014 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
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 €257,040. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,000 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 24%
- Payment, one income
- 48%
Figures for Hérault: Montblanc 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 36 while 55 homes were started: 0.7 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 0.7
- Population change, 2022
- +36
8.8% of the 1,524 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 8.8%
- Empty homes
- 134