Cayenne · report
Renovation in Cayenne
In 2025, 12% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 12%
Homes authorised in Cayenne: 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 | 103 | 14 | 117 |
| 2024 | 493 | 64 | 557 |
| 2023 | 98 | 7 | 105 |
| 2022 | 218 | 31 | 249 |
| 2021 | 359 | 39 | 398 |
| 2020 | 505 | — | 505 |
| 2019 | 675 | 21 | 696 |
| 2018 | 161 | 36 | 197 |
| 2017 | 187 | 45 | 232 |
| 2016 | 97 | — | 97 |
| 2015 | 539 | 14 | 553 |
| 2014 | 844 | 7 | 851 |
| 2013 | 551 | 50 | 601 |
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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Figures for France: Cayenne has no reliable figures of its own.
At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €247,500. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €963 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 22%
- Payment, one income
- 45%
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
- €1,494
- Owning per month
- €905
Figures for Guyane: Cayenne has no reliable figures of its own.
22.4% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 1,540
In 2022 the population fell by 1,281 while 88 homes were started.
- Homes started, 2022
- 88
- Population change, 2022
- −1,281
11.5% of the 29,077 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 11.5%
- Empty homes
- 3,333