Vendée · report
Renovation in Vendée
In 2025, 12% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 12%
Homes authorised in Vendée: 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 | 5,934 | 830 | 6,764 |
| 2024 | 4,683 | 657 | 5,340 |
| 2023 | 5,853 | 590 | 6,443 |
| 2022 | 7,697 | 605 | 8,302 |
| 2021 | 7,886 | 546 | 8,432 |
| 2020 | 5,187 | 600 | 5,787 |
| 2019 | 5,862 | 540 | 6,402 |
| 2018 | 5,384 | 518 | 5,902 |
| 2017 | 5,516 | 407 | 5,923 |
| 2016 | 4,573 | 273 | 4,846 |
| 2015 | 3,773 | 331 | 4,104 |
| 2014 | 3,472 | 308 | 3,780 |
| 2013 | 3,979 | 251 | 4,230 |
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 €221,220. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €861 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 20%
- Payment, one income
- 40%
16.8% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 8,026
- Per 1,000 residents
- 11.2
In 2022 the population grew by 7,266 while 7,207 homes were started: 1.0 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 1.0
- Population change, 2022
- +7,266
5.0% of the 453,701 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 5.0%
- Empty homes
- 22,577
Public bodies signed €1.6M of housing works here in 2025, and €1.6M since 2024.
- Signed in 2025
- €1.6M
- Per resident, 2025
- €2