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Renovation in Sicilia
In 2025, 5% of the homes authorised were extensions of existing residential buildings.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 5%
Homes authorised in Sicilia: 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 | 3,366 | 187 | 3,553 |
| 2024 | 3,176 | 186 | 3,362 |
| 2023 | 3,573 | 251 | 3,824 |
| 2022 | 3,697 | 237 | 3,934 |
| 2021 | 3,625 | 308 | 3,933 |
| 2020 | 2,639 | 312 | 2,951 |
| 2019 | 3,222 | 269 | 3,491 |
| 2018 | 3,232 | 276 | 3,508 |
| 2017 | 3,145 | 255 | 3,400 |
| 2016 | 2,857 | 247 | 3,104 |
| 2015 | 3,271 | 280 | 3,551 |
| 2014 | 3,472 | 368 | 3,840 |
| 2013 | 3,549 | 362 | 3,911 |
| 2012 | 5,733 | 471 | 6,204 |
| 2011 | 7,318 | 451 | 7,769 |
| 2010 | 7,302 | 522 | 7,824 |
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 €73,800. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €300 a month. Italy sets no cap on the payment; lenders must assess each borrower's creditworthiness.
- Payment, two incomes
- 7%
- Payment, one income
- 14%
Figures for Italy: Sicilia 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 2 times since 2016. The deepest began in 2019.
- Deepest fall
- −11.7%
- Recovery from the low
- Not yet
In 2025 the population fell by 12,196 while 3,366 new homes were granted a permit.
- Homes permitted, 2025
- 3,366
- Population change, 2025
- −12,196
36.1% of the 3,204,301 homes counted in the 2023 census had nobody resident in them.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 36.1%
- Empty homes
- 1,156,380
Public bodies signed €10M of housing works here in 2024, and €41M since 2017.
- Signed in 2024
- €10M
- Per resident, 2024
- €2