Bessancourt · report
Renovation in Bessancourt
In 2025, 39% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 39%
Homes authorised in Bessancourt: 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 | 14 | 9 | 23 |
| 2024 | 127 | 117 | 244 |
| 2023 | 63 | 6 | 69 |
| 2022 | 370 | — | 370 |
| 2021 | 82 | — | 82 |
| 2020 | 77 | — | 77 |
| 2019 | 328 | — | 328 |
| 2018 | 200 | 2 | 202 |
| 2017 | 64 | 6 | 70 |
| 2016 | 182 | 2 | 184 |
| 2015 | 175 | 7 | 182 |
| 2014 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2013 | 103 | 6 | 109 |
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 €351,000. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,366 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 28%
- Payment, one income
- 55%
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
- €1,622
- Owning per month
- €1,294
Figures for Val-d'Oise: Bessancourt has no reliable figures of its own.
32.3% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 4,869
In 2022 the population grew by 348 while 287 homes were started: 1.2 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 1.2
- Population change, 2022
- +348
8.5% of the 4,091 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 8.5%
- Empty homes
- 348