Pyrénées-Atlantiques · report
Renovation in Pyrénées-Atlantiques
In 2025, 25% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 25%
Homes authorised in Pyrénées-Atlantiques: 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 | 3,282 | 1,119 | 4,401 |
| 2024 | 2,957 | 966 | 3,923 |
| 2023 | 3,035 | 866 | 3,901 |
| 2022 | 4,182 | 1,026 | 5,208 |
| 2021 | 4,527 | 932 | 5,459 |
| 2020 | 3,910 | 786 | 4,696 |
| 2019 | 3,942 | 824 | 4,766 |
| 2018 | 4,000 | 900 | 4,900 |
| 2017 | 4,302 | 700 | 5,002 |
| 2016 | 5,030 | 463 | 5,493 |
| 2015 | 4,489 | 530 | 5,019 |
| 2014 | 4,352 | 718 | 5,070 |
| 2013 | 5,164 | 661 | 5,825 |
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 €267,750. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,042 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 24%
- Payment, one income
- 48%
11.9% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 4,512
- Per 1,000 residents
- 6.4
In 2022 the population grew by 7,091 while 3,459 homes were started: 2.1 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 2.1
- Population change, 2022
- +7,091
6.9% of the 430,789 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 6.9%
- Empty homes
- 29,929
Public bodies signed €11.4M of housing works here in 2025, and €29.2M since 2024.
- Signed in 2025
- €11.4M
- Per resident, 2025
- €16