País Vasco · report
Renovation in País Vasco
In 2025, 15% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 15%
Homes authorised in País Vasco: 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 | 4,172 | 714 | 4,886 |
| 2024 | 5,322 | 842 | 6,164 |
| 2023 | 5,376 | 797 | 6,173 |
| 2022 | 6,507 | 934 | 7,441 |
| 2021 | 7,544 | 1,031 | 8,575 |
| 2020 | 5,403 | 962 | 6,365 |
| 2019 | 5,779 | 753 | 6,532 |
| 2018 | 6,222 | 531 | 6,753 |
| 2017 | 5,172 | 603 | 5,775 |
| 2016 | 4,083 | 722 | 4,805 |
| 2015 | 4,713 | 871 | 5,584 |
| 2014 | 3,240 | 745 | 3,985 |
| 2013 | 3,178 | 785 | 3,963 |
| 2012 | 3,613 | 799 | 4,412 |
| 2011 | 6,037 | 897 | 6,934 |
| 2010 | 6,939 | 855 | 7,794 |
| 2009 | 7,394 | 968 | 8,362 |
| 2008 | 10,010 | 1,136 | 11,146 |
| 2007 | 15,897 | 1,337 | 17,234 |
| 2006 | 15,304 | 1,236 | 16,540 |
| 2005 | 15,583 | 1,425 | 17,008 |
| 2004 | 16,833 | 1,372 | 18,205 |
| 2003 | 17,166 | 1,608 | 18,774 |
| 2002 | 14,154 | 1,512 | 15,666 |
| 2001 | 14,046 | 2,330 | 16,376 |
| 2000 | 14,921 | 1,809 | 16,730 |
| 1999 | 15,499 | 523 | 16,022 |
| 1998 | 13,000 | 785 | 13,785 |
| 1997 | 11,198 | 967 | 12,165 |
| 1996 | 10,529 | 632 | 11,161 |
| 1995 | 10,376 | 562 | 10,938 |
| 1994 | 7,644 | 1,145 | 8,789 |
| 1993 | 7,169 | 604 | 7,773 |
| 1992 | 8,617 | 704 | 9,321 |
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: País Vasco has no reliable figures of its own.
At the average appraised value, a 90 m² home costs €279,207. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,065 a month. Spain sets no cap on the payment; lenders must assess each borrower's solvency.
- Payment, two incomes
- 32%
- Payment, one income
- 64%
29.1% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 3,963
- Per 1,000 residents
- 1.8
Buyers living abroad bought 0.7% of the homes sold here in the four quarters to Q2 2026.
- Bought by buyers abroad, 12 months
- 0.7%
Appraised values have fallen by 3% or more 2 times since 1995. The deepest began in Q1 2008.
- Deepest fall
- −22.9%
- Recovery from the low
- 90 months
In 2024 the population grew by 14,743 while 4,293 homes were finished: 3.4 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2024
- 3.4
- Population change, 2024
- +14,743
6.5% of the 1,075,076 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2021 census
- 6.5%
- Empty homes
- 69,692
Public bodies signed €148.6M of housing works here in 2025, and €259.5M since 2017.
- Signed in 2025
- €148.6M
- Per resident, 2025
- €66