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Renovation in Ducos
In 2025, 13% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 13%
Homes authorised in Ducos: 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 | 96 | 14 | 110 |
| 2024 | 122 | 4 | 126 |
| 2023 | 103 | 1 | 104 |
| 2022 | 197 | 11 | 208 |
| 2021 | 144 | 17 | 161 |
| 2020 | 65 | 7 | 72 |
| 2019 | 61 | 17 | 78 |
| 2018 | 300 | 9 | 309 |
| 2017 | 155 | 2 | 157 |
| 2016 | 87 | 4 | 91 |
| 2015 | 135 | 17 | 152 |
| 2014 | 131 | 26 | 157 |
| 2013 | 68 | 15 | 83 |
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.
Other reports for Ducos
Figures for France: Ducos has no reliable figures of its own.
At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €272,070. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,059 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 25%
- Payment, one income
- 49%
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
- €1,425
- Owning per month
- €972
Figures for Martinique: Ducos has no reliable figures of its own.
2.5% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 2,536
In 2022 the population grew by 268 while 86 homes were started: 3.1 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 3.1
- Population change, 2022
- +268
12.6% of the 9,378 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 12.6%
- Empty homes
- 1,179