Montbrison · report
Renovation in Montbrison
In 2025, 14% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 14%
Homes authorised in Montbrison: 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 | 56 | 9 | 65 |
| 2024 | 81 | 12 | 93 |
| 2023 | 47 | 9 | 56 |
| 2022 | 191 | 132 | 323 |
| 2021 | 218 | 20 | 238 |
| 2020 | 96 | 4 | 100 |
| 2019 | 57 | 9 | 66 |
| 2018 | 221 | 18 | 239 |
| 2017 | 51 | 14 | 65 |
| 2016 | 122 | 65 | 187 |
| 2015 | 51 | 9 | 60 |
| 2014 | 94 | 20 | 114 |
| 2013 | 119 | 12 | 131 |
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 €187,920. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €731 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 17%
- Payment, one income
- 35%
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
- €914
- Owning per month
- €627
Figures for Loire: Montbrison has no reliable figures of its own.
26.0% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 2,674
In 2022 the population grew by 25 while 168 homes were started: 0.1 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 0.1
- Population change, 2022
- +25
6.7% of the 8,848 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 6.7%
- Empty homes
- 592