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Renovation in Canarias
In 2025, 10% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 10%
Homes authorised in Canarias: new buildings and existing ones
Dwellings in approved works plans each year: in new buildings, and by extending or refurbishing existing ones. MIVAU, by autonomous community.
- Existing buildings
- New buildings
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| Year | New buildings | Existing buildings | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5,031 | 573 | 5,604 |
| 2024 | 3,605 | 569 | 4,174 |
| 2023 | 4,148 | 500 | 4,648 |
| 2022 | 3,203 | 427 | 3,630 |
| 2021 | 2,937 | 468 | 3,405 |
| 2020 | 3,104 | 479 | 3,583 |
| 2019 | 3,976 | 625 | 4,601 |
| 2018 | 3,049 | 530 | 3,579 |
| 2017 | 2,327 | 508 | 2,835 |
| 2016 | 1,580 | 531 | 2,111 |
| 2015 | 910 | 435 | 1,345 |
| 2014 | 736 | 495 | 1,231 |
| 2013 | 1,185 | 654 | 1,839 |
| 2012 | 1,443 | 702 | 2,145 |
| 2011 | 2,180 | 702 | 2,882 |
| 2010 | 1,380 | 681 | 2,061 |
| 2009 | 2,680 | 798 | 3,478 |
| 2008 | 9,766 | 1,321 | 11,087 |
| 2007 | 27,162 | 1,713 | 28,875 |
| 2006 | 41,158 | 2,374 | 43,532 |
| 2005 | 29,527 | 2,190 | 31,717 |
| 2004 | 35,802 | 2,421 | 38,223 |
| 2003 | 25,240 | 1,841 | 27,081 |
| 2002 | 23,242 | 2,464 | 25,706 |
| 2001 | 27,108 | 3,282 | 30,390 |
| 2000 | 31,843 | 3,488 | 35,331 |
| 1999 | 29,898 | 1,582 | 31,480 |
| 1998 | 21,005 | 1,807 | 22,812 |
| 1997 | 18,440 | 1,481 | 19,921 |
| 1996 | 14,573 | 3,058 | 17,631 |
| 1995 | 14,064 | 1,194 | 15,258 |
| 1994 | 11,641 | 1,112 | 12,753 |
| 1993 | 6,171 | 669 | 6,840 |
| 1992 | 4,421 | 757 | 5,178 |
These are approvals, not finished works, and they count dwellings only: renovation that creates or reshapes no dwelling is not in them. MIVAU splits them by autonomous community, not by province.
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Figures for Spain: Canarias has no reliable figures of its own.
At the average appraised value, a 90 m² home costs €205,146. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €782 a month. Spain sets no cap on the payment; lenders must assess each borrower's solvency.
- Payment, two incomes
- 24%
- Payment, one income
- 47%
69.2% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 5,554
- Per 1,000 residents
- 2.5
Buyers living abroad bought 15.6% of the homes sold here in the four quarters to Q2 2026.
- Bought by buyers abroad, 12 months
- 15.6%
Appraised values have fallen by 3% or more once since 1995. That fall began in Q2 2008.
- Deepest fall
- −31.7%
- Recovery from the low
- 129 months
In 2024 the population grew by 21,924 while 2,262 homes were finished: 9.7 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2024
- 9.7
- Population change, 2024
- +21,924
19.4% of the 1,088,700 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2021 census
- 19.4%
- Empty homes
- 211,452
Public bodies signed €66M of housing works here in 2025, and €83.8M since 2017.
- Signed in 2025
- €66M
- Per resident, 2025
- €29