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Renovation in Nice
In 2025, 11% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 11%
Homes authorised in Nice: 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 | 1,223 | 154 | 1,377 |
| 2024 | 119 | 53 | 172 |
| 2023 | 920 | 113 | 1,033 |
| 2022 | 1,146 | 52 | 1,198 |
| 2021 | 1,174 | 173 | 1,347 |
| 2020 | 842 | 59 | 901 |
| 2019 | 1,393 | 185 | 1,578 |
| 2018 | 2,288 | 241 | 2,529 |
| 2017 | 1,588 | 359 | 1,947 |
| 2016 | 1,897 | 247 | 2,144 |
| 2015 | 1,734 | 139 | 1,873 |
| 2014 | 1,257 | 105 | 1,362 |
| 2013 | 1,139 | 367 | 1,506 |
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 €445,320. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,733 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 43%
- Payment, one income
- 86%
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
- €1,839
- Owning per month
- €1,612
Figures for Alpes-Maritimes: Nice has no reliable figures of its own.
31.8% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 4,444
In 2022 the population grew by 4,036 while 1,400 homes were started: 2.9 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 2.9
- Population change, 2022
- +4,036
12.4% of the 240,935 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 12.4%
- Empty homes
- 29,871
Public bodies signed €143K of housing works here in 2025, and €143K since 2024.
- Signed in 2025
- €143K
- Per resident, 2025
- €0