Desvres · report
Renovation in Desvres
In 2025, 78% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 78%
Homes authorised in Desvres: 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 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2024 | 3 | — | 3 |
| 2023 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2022 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 2021 | 20 | 3 | 23 |
| 2020 | 1 | — | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 32 | — | 32 |
| 2016 | 3 | — | 3 |
| 2015 | 1 | — | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | — | 1 |
| 2013 | 13 | 2 | 15 |
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 €126,450. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €492 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 14%
- Payment, one income
- 29%
Figures for Pas-de-Calais: Desvres has no reliable figures of its own.
11.4% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 6,067
In 2022 the population grew by 2 while 3 homes were started: 0.7 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 0.7
- Population change, 2022
- +2
10.3% of the 2,364 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 10.3%
- Empty homes
- 244