Valence (26) · report
Renovation in Valence (26)
In 2025, 58% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 58%
Homes authorised in Valence (26): 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 | 122 | 167 | 289 |
| 2024 | 315 | 81 | 396 |
| 2023 | 311 | 44 | 355 |
| 2022 | 404 | 40 | 444 |
| 2021 | 474 | 155 | 629 |
| 2020 | 100 | 52 | 152 |
| 2019 | 419 | 154 | 573 |
| 2018 | 316 | 30 | 346 |
| 2017 | 198 | 169 | 367 |
| 2016 | 240 | 70 | 310 |
| 2015 | 284 | 33 | 317 |
| 2014 | 431 | 13 | 444 |
| 2013 | 459 | 27 | 486 |
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.
Other reports for Valence (26)
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
- 20%
- Payment, one income
- 39%
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
- €1,074
- Owning per month
- €673
Figures for Drôme: Valence (26) has no reliable figures of its own.
0.5% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 3,212
In 2022 the population grew by 170 while 353 homes were started: 0.5 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 0.5
- Population change, 2022
- +170
11.5% of the 38,682 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 11.5%
- Empty homes
- 4,449