# France Building Permits — Residential Buildings (floor area, index 2021=100, SA)

France Building Permits — Residential Buildings (floor area, index 2021=100, SA) was 65.80 in September 2026, down 1.1% from August 2026 and down 8.0% from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 43.60 (Apr 2020) to 138.0 (Feb 2022), averaging 85.65.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `FR.BPERMIT.M.SA.GRP-RESIDENTIAL`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: Index, 2021=100
- Coverage: 2001-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (309 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/france/building-permits-residential-buildings-floor-area-index-2021-100-sa

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| September 2026 | 65.80 |
| August 2026 | 66.50 |
| July 2026 | 65.20 |
| June 2026 | 64.60 |
| May 2026 | 67.60 |
| April 2026 | 61.60 |
| March 2026 | 85.00 |
| February 2026 | 66.20 |
| January 2026 | 72.20 |
| December 2025 | 69.70 |
| November 2025 | 65.80 |
| October 2025 | 68.40 |
| September 2025 | 71.50 |
| August 2025 | 71.60 |
| July 2025 | 73.00 |
| June 2025 | 76.00 |
| May 2025 | 71.60 |
| April 2025 | 76.50 |
| March 2025 | 70.50 |
| February 2025 | 64.30 |
| January 2025 | 64.60 |
| December 2024 | 63.80 |
| November 2024 | 64.20 |
| October 2024 | 63.40 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/FR.BPERMIT.M.SA.GRP-RESIDENTIAL"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/FR.BPERMIT.M.SA.GRP-RESIDENTIAL",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```