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Renovation in Paris
In 2025, 41% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 41%
Homes authorised in Paris: 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 | 855 | 605 | 1,460 |
| 2024 | 3,126 | 798 | 3,924 |
| 2023 | 1,055 | 466 | 1,521 |
| 2022 | 1,718 | 651 | 2,369 |
| 2021 | 1,448 | 937 | 2,385 |
| 2020 | 1,822 | 650 | 2,472 |
| 2019 | 2,014 | 451 | 2,465 |
| 2018 | 2,684 | 1,093 | 3,777 |
| 2017 | 2,535 | 1,590 | 4,125 |
| 2016 | 2,677 | 1,357 | 4,034 |
| 2015 | 3,068 | 1,190 | 4,258 |
| 2014 | 2,329 | 1,365 | 3,694 |
| 2013 | 1,608 | 820 | 2,428 |
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 €877,500. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €3,415 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 61%
- Payment, one income
- 122%
53.8% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 1,342
- Per 1,000 residents
- 0.6
Prices of existing homes have fallen by 3% or more 4 times since 1996. The deepest began in Q1 1992.
- Deepest fall
- −29.0%
- Recovery from the low
- 42 months
In 2022 the population fell by 9,927 while 1,707 homes were started.
- Homes started, 2022
- 1,707
- Population change, 2022
- −9,927
9.9% of the 1,402,024 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 9.9%
- Empty homes
- 139,075
Public bodies signed €101.6M of housing works here in 2025, and €138.8M since 2024.
- Signed in 2025
- €101.6M
- Per resident, 2025
- €48