Bernay · report
Renovation in Bernay
In 2025, 75% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 75%
Homes authorised in Bernay: 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 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2024 | 27 | 37 | 64 |
| 2023 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 2022 | 51 | 4 | 55 |
| 2021 | 4 | 13 | 17 |
| 2020 | 15 | 2 | 17 |
| 2019 | 6 | 11 | 17 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2017 | 8 | 11 | 19 |
| 2016 | 16 | 13 | 29 |
| 2015 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 2013 | 11 | 7 | 18 |
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 €171,180. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €666 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 17%
- Payment, one income
- 35%
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
- €991
- Owning per month
- €633
Figures for Eure: Bernay has no reliable figures of its own.
8.2% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 2,635
In 2022 the population fell by 36 while 5 homes were started.
- Homes started, 2022
- 5
- Population change, 2022
- −36
9.7% of the 6,127 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 9.7%
- Empty homes
- 592
Public bodies signed €293.3K of housing works here in 2025, and €293.3K since 2024.
- Signed in 2025
- €293.3K
- Per resident, 2025
- €30