Calvados · report
Renovation in Calvados
In 2025, 10% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 10%
Homes authorised in Calvados: 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 | 5,192 | 594 | 5,786 |
| 2024 | 3,611 | 734 | 4,345 |
| 2023 | 4,353 | 325 | 4,678 |
| 2022 | 5,133 | 480 | 5,613 |
| 2021 | 6,021 | 433 | 6,454 |
| 2020 | 4,267 | 257 | 4,524 |
| 2019 | 4,375 | 346 | 4,721 |
| 2018 | 4,845 | 381 | 5,226 |
| 2017 | 5,092 | 243 | 5,335 |
| 2016 | 4,569 | 270 | 4,839 |
| 2015 | 3,592 | 345 | 3,937 |
| 2014 | 3,707 | 267 | 3,974 |
| 2013 | 3,981 | 396 | 4,377 |
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 €245,970. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €957 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 22%
- Payment, one income
- 45%
8.4% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 5,026
- Per 1,000 residents
- 7.1
In 2022 the population grew by 4,836 while 5,134 homes were started: 0.9 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 0.9
- Population change, 2022
- +4,836
6.2% of the 439,517 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 6.2%
- Empty homes
- 27,406
Public bodies signed €12.3M of housing works here in 2025, and €13.7M since 2024.
- Signed in 2025
- €12.3M
- Per resident, 2025
- €17