Guyane · report
Renovation in Guyane
In 2025, 3% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 3%
Homes authorised in Guyane: 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 | 1,642 | 45 | 1,687 |
| 2024 | 2,332 | 109 | 2,441 |
| 2023 | 2,415 | 48 | 2,463 |
| 2022 | 1,705 | 56 | 1,761 |
| 2021 | 1,877 | 232 | 2,109 |
| 2020 | 1,809 | 21 | 1,830 |
| 2019 | 2,611 | 49 | 2,660 |
| 2018 | 1,144 | 60 | 1,204 |
| 2017 | 993 | 57 | 1,050 |
| 2016 | 1,580 | 17 | 1,597 |
| 2015 | 2,248 | 30 | 2,278 |
| 2014 | 1,842 | 33 | 1,875 |
| 2013 | 1,533 | 84 | 1,617 |
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: Guyane has no reliable figures of its own.
At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €245,430. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €955 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 22%
- Payment, one income
- 44%
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
- Per 1,000 residents
- 5.2
In 2022 the population grew by 5,614 while 537 homes were started: 10.5 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 10.5
- Population change, 2022
- +5,614
9.8% of the 103,121 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 9.8%
- Empty homes
- 10,095