Abbeville · report
Renovation in Abbeville
In 2025, 45% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 45%
Homes authorised in Abbeville: new buildings and existing ones
Dwellings authorised each year, by the year the permit was granted: in new buildings, and by works on existing buildings (conversions, extensions, changes of use). SDES Sitadel.
- Existing buildings
- New buildings
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| Year | New buildings | Existing buildings | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 167 | 139 | 306 |
| 2024 | 78 | 87 | 165 |
| 2023 | 66 | 14 | 80 |
| 2022 | 19 | 13 | 32 |
| 2021 | 58 | 64 | 122 |
| 2020 | 73 | 9 | 82 |
| 2019 | 32 | 7 | 39 |
| 2018 | 5 | 18 | 23 |
| 2017 | 132 | — | 132 |
| 2016 | 160 | — | 160 |
| 2015 | 56 | 8 | 64 |
| 2014 | 179 | 5 | 184 |
| 2013 | 40 | 7 | 47 |
Only permits that create dwellings are listed, so renovation that adds no home (refurbishing, insulating, re-roofing) is not counted. A permit is permission to build, not a finished home. The current year is left out until it is complete.
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At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €154,080. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €600 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 17%
- Payment, one income
- 34%
Owning a 90 m² apartment costs less each month than renting it. Owning counts interest, running costs and the return the deposit could earn, at apartments' median sale price; rent is the asking rent. Repaying the loan is saving, so it is left out.
- Rent per month
- €1,025
- Owning per month
- €634
Figures for Somme: Abbeville has no reliable figures of its own.
30.2% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 1,870
In 2022 the population fell by 11 while 66 homes were started.
- Homes started, 2022
- 66
- Population change, 2022
- −11
8.6% of the 12,837 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 8.6%
- Empty homes
- 1,108
Public bodies signed €6.1M of housing works here in 2024, and €6.1M since 2024.
- Signed in 2024
- €6.1M
- Per resident, 2024
- €273