Cambrai · report
Renovation in Cambrai
In 2025, 92% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 92%
Homes authorised in Cambrai: 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 | 5 | 57 | 62 |
| 2024 | 68 | 30 | 98 |
| 2023 | 92 | 23 | 115 |
| 2022 | 125 | 32 | 157 |
| 2021 | 119 | 34 | 153 |
| 2020 | 104 | 19 | 123 |
| 2019 | 15 | 10 | 25 |
| 2018 | 13 | 19 | 32 |
| 2017 | 113 | 6 | 119 |
| 2016 | 21 | 7 | 28 |
| 2015 | 13 | 14 | 27 |
| 2014 | 21 | 14 | 35 |
| 2013 | 23 | 51 | 74 |
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 €129,780. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €505 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 14%
- Payment, one income
- 28%
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
- €555
Figures for Nord: Cambrai has no reliable figures of its own.
10.9% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 12,139
In 2022 the population fell by 434 while 47 homes were started.
- Homes started, 2022
- 47
- Population change, 2022
- −434
10.3% of the 18,315 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 10.3%
- Empty homes
- 1,882
Public bodies signed €12.7K of housing works here in 2024, and €12.7K since 2024.
- Signed in 2024
- €12.7K
- Per resident, 2024
- €0