Morlaix · report
Renovation in Morlaix
In 2025, 97% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 97%
Homes authorised in Morlaix: 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 | 4 | 129 | 133 |
| 2024 | 7 | 106 | 113 |
| 2023 | 63 | 28 | 91 |
| 2022 | 172 | 58 | 230 |
| 2021 | 5 | 20 | 25 |
| 2020 | 93 | 8 | 101 |
| 2019 | 6 | 36 | 42 |
| 2018 | 8 | 15 | 23 |
| 2017 | 129 | 17 | 146 |
| 2016 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2015 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2014 | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| 2013 | 8 | 44 | 52 |
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 €150,030. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €584 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 15%
- Payment, one income
- 30%
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
- €944
- Owning per month
- €464
Figures for Finistère: Morlaix has no reliable figures of its own.
8.9% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 6,778
In 2022 the population fell by 26 while 35 homes were started.
- Homes started, 2022
- 35
- Population change, 2022
- −26
12.6% of the 9,909 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 12.6%
- Empty homes
- 1,247