Somme · report
Renovation in Somme
In 2025, 20% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 20%
Homes authorised in Somme: 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 | 1,690 | 430 | 2,120 |
| 2024 | 1,925 | 324 | 2,249 |
| 2023 | 2,436 | 310 | 2,746 |
| 2022 | 2,464 | 214 | 2,678 |
| 2021 | 2,035 | 328 | 2,363 |
| 2020 | 1,589 | 310 | 1,899 |
| 2019 | 2,469 | 327 | 2,796 |
| 2018 | 2,226 | 239 | 2,465 |
| 2017 | 3,013 | 267 | 3,280 |
| 2016 | 3,061 | 278 | 3,339 |
| 2015 | 1,759 | 255 | 2,014 |
| 2014 | 1,922 | 156 | 2,078 |
| 2013 | 2,005 | 319 | 2,324 |
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 €162,000. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €631 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 16%
- Payment, one income
- 31%
30.2% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 1,870
- Per 1,000 residents
- 3.3
In 2022 the population fell by 127 while 2,528 homes were started.
- Homes started, 2022
- 2,528
- Population change, 2022
- −127
8.1% of the 311,038 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 8.1%
- Empty homes
- 25,232
Public bodies signed €33.1M of housing works here in 2025, and €67.8M since 2024.
- Signed in 2025
- €33.1M
- Per resident, 2025
- €58