Catania province · report
Renovation in Catania province
In 2025, 4% of the homes authorised were extensions of existing residential buildings.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 4%
Homes authorised in Catania 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 | 664 | 26 | 690 |
| 2024 | 659 | 18 | 677 |
| 2023 | 825 | 43 | 868 |
| 2022 | 953 | 45 | 998 |
| 2021 | 883 | 47 | 930 |
| 2020 | 573 | 42 | 615 |
| 2019 | 842 | 34 | 876 |
| 2018 | 709 | 62 | 771 |
| 2017 | 779 | 41 | 820 |
| 2016 | 691 | 42 | 733 |
| 2015 | 869 | 64 | 933 |
| 2014 | 844 | 60 | 904 |
| 2013 | 861 | 104 | 965 |
| 2012 | 1,310 | 84 | 1,394 |
| 2011 | 1,549 | 77 | 1,626 |
| 2010 | 1,827 | 109 | 1,936 |
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.
Other reports for Catania province
Figures for Sicilia: Catania province has no reliable figures of its own.
At the average OMI valuation, a 90 m² home costs €60,300. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €245 a month. Italy sets no cap on the payment; lenders must assess each borrower's creditworthiness.
- Payment, two incomes
- 6%
- Payment, one income
- 12%
Figures for Italy: Catania 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
Valuations have fallen by 3% or more once since 2016. That fall began in 2019.
- Deepest fall
- −32.0%
- Recovery from the low
- Not yet
In 2025 the population fell by 2,619 while 664 new homes were granted a permit.
- Homes permitted, 2025
- 664
- Population change, 2025
- −2,619
27.2% of the 617,041 homes counted in the 2023 census had nobody resident in them.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 27.2%
- Empty homes
- 168,107
Public bodies signed €10M of housing works here in 2024, and €15.7M since 2017.
- Signed in 2024
- €10M
- Per resident, 2024
- €9