Sainte-Maxime · report
Renovation in Sainte-Maxime
In 2025, 4% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 4%
Homes authorised in Sainte-Maxime: 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 | 131 | 5 | 136 |
| 2024 | 28 | 24 | 52 |
| 2023 | 37 | 63 | 100 |
| 2022 | 82 | 11 | 93 |
| 2021 | 27 | 2 | 29 |
| 2020 | 84 | 3 | 87 |
| 2019 | 70 | 9 | 79 |
| 2018 | 50 | 14 | 64 |
| 2017 | 275 | 2 | 277 |
| 2016 | 46 | 3 | 49 |
| 2015 | 39 | 5 | 44 |
| 2014 | 237 | 4 | 241 |
| 2013 | 35 | 1 | 36 |
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 €547,830. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €2,132 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 48%
- Payment, one income
- 97%
Renting a 90 m² apartment costs less each month than owning 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
- €1,661
- Owning per month
- €1,872
Figures for Var: Sainte-Maxime has no reliable figures of its own.
31.5% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 5,742
In 2022 the population fell by 276 while 56 homes were started.
- Homes started, 2022
- 56
- Population change, 2022
- −276
3.3% of the 17,540 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 3.3%
- Empty homes
- 571