Matera province · report

Renovation in Matera province

In 2025, 16% of the homes authorised were extensions of existing residential buildings.

Homes in existing buildings, 2025: 16%

Homes authorised in Matera 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	100	19	119
2024	100	11	111
2023	83	17	100
2022	82	17	99
2021	53	24	77
2020	61	16	77
2019	68	7	75
2018	62	21	83
2017	59	23	82
2016	97	42	139
2015	105	19	124
2014	138	12	150
2013	166	14	180
2012	122	20	142
2011	218	29	247
2010	234	25	259

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 Basilicata: Matera province has no reliable figures of its own.

At the average OMI valuation, a 90 m² home costs €81,270. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €330 a month. Italy sets no cap on the payment; lenders must assess each borrower's creditworthiness.

Payment, two incomes: 7%
Payment, one income: 13%

New homes

Figures for Italy: Matera 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

People and new homes

In 2025 the population fell by 1,341 while 100 new homes were granted a permit.

Homes permitted, 2025: 100
Population change, 2025: −1,341

Empty homes

33.6% of the 125,831 homes counted in the 2023 census had nobody resident in them.

Empty, 2023 census: 33.6%
Empty homes: 42,323

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €2.4M of housing works here in 2023, and €2.4M since 2017.

Signed in 2023: €2.4M
Per resident, 2023: €13