Ustaritz · report
Renovation in Ustaritz
In 2025, 29% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 29%
Homes authorised in Ustaritz: 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 | 15 | 6 | 21 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 2022 | 64 | 6 | 70 |
| 2021 | 48 | 7 | 55 |
| 2020 | 50 | 5 | 55 |
| 2019 | 89 | 3 | 92 |
| 2018 | 72 | 4 | 76 |
| 2017 | 116 | 5 | 121 |
| 2016 | 147 | 54 | 201 |
| 2015 | 177 | 2 | 179 |
| 2014 | 48 | 12 | 60 |
| 2013 | 26 | 5 | 31 |
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 €370,080. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,440 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 32%
- Payment, one income
- 63%
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
- €1,187
- Owning per month
- €1,342
Figures for Pyrénées-Atlantiques: Ustaritz has no reliable figures of its own.
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
In 2022 the population grew by 213 while 41 homes were started: 5.2 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 5.2
- Population change, 2022
- +213
6.3% of the 4,064 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 6.3%
- Empty homes
- 255
Public bodies signed €267.3K of housing works here in 2025, and €267.3K since 2024.
- Signed in 2025
- €267.3K
- Per resident, 2025
- €34