Béthune · report
Renovation in Béthune
In 2025, 5% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 5%
Homes authorised in Béthune: 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 | 111 | 6 | 117 |
| 2024 | 130 | 53 | 183 |
| 2023 | 191 | 4 | 195 |
| 2022 | 62 | 19 | 81 |
| 2021 | 243 | 13 | 256 |
| 2020 | 26 | 12 | 38 |
| 2019 | 11 | 10 | 21 |
| 2018 | 72 | 20 | 92 |
| 2017 | 10 | 19 | 29 |
| 2016 | 62 | 49 | 111 |
| 2015 | 223 | 11 | 234 |
| 2014 | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 2013 | 164 | 26 | 190 |
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 €143,010. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €557 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 16%
- Payment, one income
- 31%
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
- €1,037
- Owning per month
- €555
Figures for Pas-de-Calais: Béthune 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 118 while 25 homes were started.
- Homes started, 2022
- 25
- Population change, 2022
- −118
11.5% of the 14,406 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 11.5%
- Empty homes
- 1,652