Charente-Maritime · report
Renovation in Charente-Maritime
In 2025, 28% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 28%
Homes authorised in Charente-Maritime: 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 | 3,803 | 1,481 | 5,284 |
| 2024 | 3,647 | 1,493 | 5,140 |
| 2023 | 3,771 | 1,326 | 5,097 |
| 2022 | 4,902 | 1,680 | 6,582 |
| 2021 | 5,066 | 1,074 | 6,140 |
| 2020 | 4,012 | 914 | 4,926 |
| 2019 | 5,766 | 1,093 | 6,859 |
| 2018 | 4,403 | 792 | 5,195 |
| 2017 | 4,541 | 707 | 5,248 |
| 2016 | 4,671 | 732 | 5,403 |
| 2015 | 4,330 | 592 | 4,922 |
| 2014 | 3,468 | 531 | 3,999 |
| 2013 | 4,437 | 737 | 5,174 |
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 €249,570. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €971 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 23%
- Payment, one income
- 45%
19.5% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 4,797
- Per 1,000 residents
- 7.1
In 2022 the population grew by 4,119 while 5,040 homes were started: 0.8 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 0.8
- Population change, 2022
- +4,119
6.5% of the 461,993 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 6.5%
- Empty homes
- 30,259
Public bodies signed €205.9K of housing works here in 2025, and €5.5M since 2024.
- Signed in 2025
- €205.9K
- Per resident, 2025
- €0