Sarlat-la-Canéda · report
Renovation in Sarlat-la-Canéda
In 2025, 17% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 17%
Homes authorised in Sarlat-la-Canéda: 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 | 69 | 14 | 83 |
| 2024 | 80 | 110 | 190 |
| 2023 | 124 | 19 | 143 |
| 2022 | 34 | 7 | 41 |
| 2021 | 93 | 12 | 105 |
| 2020 | 16 | 2 | 18 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 2018 | 15 | 2 | 17 |
| 2017 | 15 | 1 | 16 |
| 2016 | 16 | 3 | 19 |
| 2015 | 34 | — | 34 |
| 2014 | 26 | 6 | 32 |
| 2013 | 26 | 9 | 35 |
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 €192,420. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €749 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 19%
- Payment, one income
- 38%
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
- €1,005
- Owning per month
- €641
Figures for Dordogne: Sarlat-la-Canéda has no reliable figures of its own.
4.2% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 2,513
In 2022 the population fell by 23 while 23 homes were started.
- Homes started, 2022
- 23
- Population change, 2022
- −23
12.5% of the 6,759 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 12.5%
- Empty homes
- 844
Public bodies signed €20.2K of housing works here in 2024, and €20.2K since 2024.
- Signed in 2024
- €20.2K
- Per resident, 2024
- €2