Biella province · report

Renovation in Biella province

In 2025, 6% of the homes authorised were extensions of existing residential buildings.

Homes in existing buildings, 2025: 6%

Homes authorised in Biella province: 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	33	2	35
2024	86	1	87
2023	52	3	55
2022	26	1	27
2021	37	4	41
2020	46	2	48
2019	52	6	58
2018	53	6	59
2017	30	7	37
2016	49	7	56
2015	40	5	45
2014	60	14	74
2013	102	9	111
2012	94	20	114
2011	210	10	220
2010	175	16	191

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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Affordability

Figures for Piemonte: Biella province has no reliable figures of its own.

At the average OMI valuation, a 90 m² home costs €51,300. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €209 a month. Italy sets no cap on the payment; lenders must assess each borrower's creditworthiness.

Payment, two incomes: 4%
Payment, one income: 8%

New homes

Figures for Italy: Biella province 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

Past cycles

Valuations have fallen by 3% or more once since 2016. That fall began in 2016.

Deepest fall: −13.4%
Recovery from the low: Not yet

People and new homes

In 2025 the population fell by 105 while 33 new homes were granted a permit.

Homes permitted, 2025: 33
Population change, 2025: −105

Empty homes

33.8% of the 121,356 homes counted in the 2023 census had nobody resident in them.

Empty, 2023 census: 33.8%
Empty homes: 40,974