Coutances · report
Renovation in Coutances
In 2025, 83% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 83%
Homes authorised in Coutances: 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 | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| 2024 | 27 | 5 | 32 |
| 2023 | 7 | 14 | 21 |
| 2022 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2021 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 2020 | 24 | 19 | 43 |
| 2019 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| 2018 | 39 | 5 | 44 |
| 2017 | 13 | — | 13 |
| 2016 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 2015 | 12 | — | 12 |
| 2014 | 9 | 21 | 30 |
| 2013 | 8 | 25 | 33 |
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 €157,680. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €614 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 16%
- Payment, one income
- 33%
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
- €912
- Owning per month
- €565
Figures for Manche: Coutances has no reliable figures of its own.
4.2% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 2,181
In 2022 the population fell by 51 while 5 homes were started.
- Homes started, 2022
- 5
- Population change, 2022
- −51
11.8% of the 5,026 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 11.8%
- Empty homes
- 591
Public bodies signed €22.6K of housing works here in 2025, and €22.6K since 2024.
- Signed in 2025
- €22.6K
- Per resident, 2025
- €3