Charente · report
Renovation in Charente
In 2025, 27% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 27%
Homes authorised in Charente: 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 | 1,060 | 398 | 1,458 |
| 2024 | 964 | 280 | 1,244 |
| 2023 | 749 | 341 | 1,090 |
| 2022 | 1,279 | 404 | 1,683 |
| 2021 | 1,240 | 313 | 1,553 |
| 2020 | 1,037 | 314 | 1,351 |
| 2019 | 869 | 282 | 1,151 |
| 2018 | 974 | 267 | 1,241 |
| 2017 | 1,094 | 195 | 1,289 |
| 2016 | 855 | 356 | 1,211 |
| 2015 | 783 | 192 | 975 |
| 2014 | 859 | 185 | 1,044 |
| 2013 | 922 | 242 | 1,164 |
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 €127,620. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €497 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 12%
- Payment, one income
- 24%
11.7% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 1,606
- Per 1,000 residents
- 4.6
In 2022 the population grew by 1,080 while 995 homes were started: 1.1 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 1.1
- Population change, 2022
- +1,080
10.0% of the 203,479 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 10.0%
- Empty homes
- 20,333
Public bodies signed €1.4M of housing works here in 2025, and €4.3M since 2024.
- Signed in 2025
- €1.4M
- Per resident, 2025
- €4