Soustons · report
Renovation in Soustons
In 2025, 7% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 7%
Homes authorised in Soustons: 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 | 116 | 9 | 125 |
| 2024 | 20 | 4 | 24 |
| 2023 | 30 | — | 30 |
| 2022 | 283 | — | 283 |
| 2021 | 132 | 2 | 134 |
| 2020 | 265 | 1 | 266 |
| 2019 | 41 | 2 | 43 |
| 2018 | 116 | 30 | 146 |
| 2017 | 168 | 4 | 172 |
| 2016 | 144 | 3 | 147 |
| 2015 | 167 | 2 | 169 |
| 2014 | 90 | 2 | 92 |
| 2013 | 80 | 6 | 86 |
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 €379,080. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,475 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 33%
- Payment, one income
- 66%
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
- €1,171
- Owning per month
- €1,438
Figures for Landes: Soustons has no reliable figures of its own.
23.1% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 5,934
In 2022 the population grew by 256 while 103 homes were started: 2.5 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 2.5
- Population change, 2022
- +256
4.0% of the 7,074 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 4.0%
- Empty homes
- 286