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Renovation in Italy
In 2025, 6% of the homes authorised were extensions of existing residential buildings.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 6%
Homes authorised in Italy: 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 | 51,908 | 3,083 | 54,991 |
| 2024 | 55,256 | 3,371 | 58,627 |
| 2023 | 55,309 | 3,548 | 58,857 |
| 2022 | 59,904 | 4,361 | 64,265 |
| 2021 | 59,839 | 4,834 | 64,673 |
| 2020 | 49,100 | 4,785 | 53,885 |
| 2019 | 55,262 | 5,610 | 60,872 |
| 2018 | 55,596 | 5,773 | 61,369 |
| 2017 | 52,027 | 6,006 | 58,033 |
| 2016 | 44,231 | 6,119 | 50,350 |
| 2015 | 42,879 | 5,848 | 48,727 |
| 2014 | 44,971 | 7,243 | 52,214 |
| 2013 | 51,777 | 7,742 | 59,519 |
| 2012 | 77,337 | 8,621 | 85,958 |
| 2011 | 104,225 | 8,742 | 112,967 |
| 2010 | 110,386 | 9,264 | 119,650 |
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 €134,190. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €546 a month. Italy sets no cap on the payment; lenders must assess each borrower's creditworthiness.
- Payment, two incomes
- 10%
- Payment, one income
- 21%
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
- Per 1,000 residents
- 0.9
Prices of existing homes have fallen by 3% or more once since 2010. That fall began in Q2 2011.
- Deepest fall
- −24.9%
- Recovery from the low
- Not yet
In 2025 the population fell by 636 while 51,908 new homes were granted a permit.
- Homes permitted, 2025
- 51,908
- Population change, 2025
- −636
26.8% of the 35,597,857 homes counted in the 2023 census had nobody resident in them.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 26.8%
- Empty homes
- 9,555,902
Public bodies signed €255.1M of housing works here in 2025, and €3.1B since 2017.
- Signed in 2025
- €255.1M
- Per resident, 2025
- €4