Le Marin · report
Renovation in Le Marin
In 2025, 13% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 13%
Homes authorised in Le Marin: 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 | 7 | 54 |
| 2024 | 65 | 6 | 71 |
| 2023 | 177 | 1 | 178 |
| 2022 | 63 | 2 | 65 |
| 2021 | 82 | 9 | 91 |
| 2020 | 85 | 4 | 89 |
| 2019 | 105 | 2 | 107 |
| 2018 | 39 | 3 | 42 |
| 2017 | 29 | 1 | 30 |
| 2016 | 42 | 1 | 43 |
| 2015 | 46 | 3 | 49 |
| 2014 | 80 | — | 80 |
| 2013 | 38 | 1 | 39 |
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 Marin has no reliable figures of its own.
At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €293,040. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,141 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 26%
- Payment, one income
- 53%
Owning a 90 m² apartment costs less each month than renting it. 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
- €1,487
- Owning per month
- €1,143
Figures for Martinique: Le Marin 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 fell by 40 while 86 homes were started.
- Homes started, 2022
- 86
- Population change, 2022
- −40
12.2% of the 4,613 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 12.2%
- Empty homes
- 561