Messina province · report
Renovation in Messina province
In 2025, 7% of the homes authorised were extensions of existing residential buildings.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 7%
Homes authorised in Messina 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 | 380 | 30 | 410 |
| 2024 | 484 | 35 | 519 |
| 2023 | 589 | 52 | 641 |
| 2022 | 534 | 37 | 571 |
| 2021 | 508 | 41 | 549 |
| 2020 | 361 | 62 | 423 |
| 2019 | 534 | 63 | 597 |
| 2018 | 481 | 53 | 534 |
| 2017 | 455 | 57 | 512 |
| 2016 | 368 | 48 | 416 |
| 2015 | 408 | 48 | 456 |
| 2014 | 287 | 80 | 367 |
| 2013 | 547 | 69 | 616 |
| 2012 | 732 | 94 | 826 |
| 2011 | 1,046 | 76 | 1,122 |
| 2010 | 755 | 107 | 862 |
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 Messina province
Figures for Sicilia: Messina province has no reliable figures of its own.
At the average OMI valuation, a 90 m² home costs €84,510. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €344 a month. Italy sets no cap on the payment; lenders must assess each borrower's creditworthiness.
- Payment, two incomes
- 8%
- Payment, one income
- 17%
Figures for Italy: Messina 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 2016.
- Deepest fall
- −14.0%
- Recovery from the low
- Not yet
In 2025 the population fell by 2,073 while 380 new homes were granted a permit.
- Homes permitted, 2025
- 380
- Population change, 2025
- −2,073
39.8% of the 455,604 homes counted in the 2023 census had nobody resident in them.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 39.8%
- Empty homes
- 181,188
Public bodies signed €21.7M of housing works here in 2022, and €21.7M since 2017.
- Signed in 2022
- €21.7M
- Per resident, 2022
- €36