Lombardia · report
Renovation in Lombardia
In 2025, 3% of the homes authorised were extensions of existing residential buildings.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 3%
Homes authorised in Lombardia: new buildings and existing ones
Dwellings granted a permit each year: in new residential buildings, and by extending existing ones. ISTAT.
- Existing buildings
- New buildings
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| Year | New buildings | Existing buildings | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10,353 | 314 | 10,667 |
| 2024 | 10,905 | 303 | 11,208 |
| 2023 | 11,423 | 337 | 11,760 |
| 2022 | 12,873 | 390 | 13,263 |
| 2021 | 14,029 | 440 | 14,469 |
| 2020 | 10,094 | 440 | 10,534 |
| 2019 | 12,120 | 464 | 12,584 |
| 2018 | 12,422 | 606 | 13,028 |
| 2017 | 11,151 | 586 | 11,737 |
| 2016 | 8,876 | 679 | 9,555 |
| 2015 | 8,306 | 606 | 8,912 |
| 2014 | 9,126 | 745 | 9,871 |
| 2013 | 10,555 | 892 | 11,447 |
| 2012 | 17,228 | 1,110 | 18,338 |
| 2011 | 22,116 | 1,492 | 23,608 |
| 2010 | 23,589 | 1,293 | 24,882 |
ISTAT counts the dwellings that permits create, so renovation that adds no dwelling, including the works of the Superbonus, is not counted. A permit is permission to build, not a finished home.
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At the average OMI valuation, a 90 m² home costs €187,470. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €762 a month. Italy sets no cap on the payment; lenders must assess each borrower's creditworthiness.
- Payment, two incomes
- 12%
- Payment, one income
- 25%
Figures for Italy: Lombardia has no reliable figures of its own.
1.6% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 53,036
In 2025 the population grew by 31,776 while 10,353 new homes were granted a permit: 3.1 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 3.1
- Population change, 2025
- +31,776
20.6% of the 5,657,476 homes counted in the 2023 census had nobody resident in them.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 20.6%
- Empty homes
- 1,165,105
Public bodies signed €15.5M of housing works here in 2025, and €42M since 2017.
- Signed in 2025
- €15.5M
- Per resident, 2025
- €2