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Renovation in Caen
In 2025, 13% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 13%
Homes authorised in Caen: 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 | 1,208 | 184 | 1,392 |
| 2024 | 800 | 115 | 915 |
| 2023 | 545 | 10 | 555 |
| 2022 | 558 | 160 | 718 |
| 2021 | 853 | 95 | 948 |
| 2020 | 429 | 55 | 484 |
| 2019 | 685 | 37 | 722 |
| 2018 | 1,374 | 139 | 1,513 |
| 2017 | 1,374 | 38 | 1,412 |
| 2016 | 1,092 | 103 | 1,195 |
| 2015 | 893 | 28 | 921 |
| 2014 | 1,030 | 78 | 1,108 |
| 2013 | 957 | 126 | 1,083 |
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 €276,390. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,076 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 27%
- 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
- €1,245
- Owning per month
- €988
Figures for Calvados: Caen has no reliable figures of its own.
8.4% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 5,026
In 2022 the population grew by 1,002 while 880 homes were started: 1.1 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 1.1
- Population change, 2022
- +1,002
8.9% of the 71,593 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 8.9%
- Empty homes
- 6,353
Public bodies signed €1.8M of housing works here in 2025, and €1.8M since 2024.
- Signed in 2025
- €1.8M
- Per resident, 2025
- €16