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Renovation in Le Diamant
In 2025, 23% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 23%
Homes authorised in Le Diamant: 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 | 47 | 14 | 61 |
| 2024 | 44 | 8 | 52 |
| 2023 | 42 | — | 42 |
| 2022 | 99 | 1 | 100 |
| 2021 | 160 | 13 | 173 |
| 2020 | 69 | 3 | 72 |
| 2019 | 142 | 7 | 149 |
| 2018 | 173 | — | 173 |
| 2017 | 52 | 2 | 54 |
| 2016 | 54 | — | 54 |
| 2015 | 89 | — | 89 |
| 2014 | 71 | 2 | 73 |
| 2013 | 42 | — | 42 |
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: Le Diamant has no reliable figures of its own.
At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €423,180. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,647 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 38%
- Payment, one income
- 76%
Owning and renting a 90 m² apartment cost about the same each month. 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
- €1,612
- Owning per month
- €1,673
Figures for Martinique: Le Diamant has no reliable figures of its own.
2.5% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 2,536
In 2022 the population grew by 237 while 104 homes were started: 2.3 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 2.3
- Population change, 2022
- +237
6.1% of the 4,288 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 6.1%
- Empty homes
- 261