Wasquehal · report
Renovation in Wasquehal
In 2025, 30% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 30%
Homes authorised in Wasquehal: 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 | 16 | 7 | 23 |
| 2024 | 71 | 4 | 75 |
| 2023 | 133 | 3 | 136 |
| 2022 | 344 | 4 | 348 |
| 2021 | 31 | 4 | 35 |
| 2020 | 24 | 1 | 25 |
| 2019 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2018 | 159 | 1 | 160 |
| 2017 | 45 | 4 | 49 |
| 2016 | 84 | 2 | 86 |
| 2015 | 403 | 150 | 553 |
| 2014 | 222 | 1 | 223 |
| 2013 | 2 | — | 2 |
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 €291,510. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,135 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 24%
- Payment, one income
- 47%
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
- €1,356
- Owning per month
- €1,072
Figures for Nord: Wasquehal 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 grew by 52 while 13 homes were started: 4.0 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 4.0
- Population change, 2022
- +52
5.7% of the 10,124 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 5.7%
- Empty homes
- 580