Berck · report
Renovation in Berck
In 2025, 7% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 7%
Homes authorised in Berck: 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 | 290 | 22 | 312 |
| 2024 | 183 | 8 | 191 |
| 2023 | 111 | 30 | 141 |
| 2022 | 383 | 11 | 394 |
| 2021 | 271 | 141 | 412 |
| 2020 | 99 | 3 | 102 |
| 2019 | 63 | 15 | 78 |
| 2018 | 42 | 10 | 52 |
| 2017 | 160 | 43 | 203 |
| 2016 | 133 | 53 | 186 |
| 2015 | 21 | 9 | 30 |
| 2014 | 182 | — | 182 |
| 2013 | 56 | 1 | 57 |
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 €268,560. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,045 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 27%
- Payment, one income
- 54%
Owning and renting a 90 m² apartment cost about the same each month. 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
- €1,127
- Owning per month
- €1,109
Figures for Pas-de-Calais: Berck has no reliable figures of its own.
11.4% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 6,067
In 2022 the population fell by 16 while 159 homes were started.
- Homes started, 2022
- 159
- Population change, 2022
- −16
6.8% of the 12,932 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 6.8%
- Empty homes
- 885
Public bodies signed €3M of housing works here in 2025, and €3M since 2024.
- Signed in 2025
- €3M
- Per resident, 2025
- €234