Tourcoing · report
Renovation in Tourcoing
In 2025, 26% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 26%
Homes authorised in Tourcoing: 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 | 186 | 66 | 252 |
| 2024 | 122 | 104 | 226 |
| 2023 | 256 | 34 | 290 |
| 2022 | 305 | 149 | 454 |
| 2021 | 259 | 353 | 612 |
| 2020 | 2,051 | 423 | 2,474 |
| 2019 | 751 | 70 | 821 |
| 2018 | 522 | 87 | 609 |
| 2017 | 354 | 121 | 475 |
| 2016 | 297 | 108 | 405 |
| 2015 | 222 | 277 | 499 |
| 2014 | 157 | 226 | 383 |
| 2013 | 570 | 157 | 727 |
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 €164,070. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €639 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 19%
- Payment, one income
- 38%
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
- €1,185
- Owning per month
- €612
Figures for Nord: Tourcoing has no reliable figures of its own.
10.9% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 12,139
In 2022 the population fell by 388 while 670 homes were started.
- Homes started, 2022
- 670
- Population change, 2022
- −388
9.1% of the 46,008 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 9.1%
- Empty homes
- 4,182
Public bodies signed €955K of housing works here in 2025, and €955K since 2024.
- Signed in 2025
- €955K
- Per resident, 2025
- €10