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Renovation in Fort-de-France
In 2025, 19% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 19%
Homes authorised in Fort-de-France: 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 | 248 | 60 | 308 |
| 2024 | 146 | 17 | 163 |
| 2023 | 332 | 40 | 372 |
| 2022 | 489 | 158 | 647 |
| 2021 | 274 | 272 | 546 |
| 2020 | 346 | 99 | 445 |
| 2019 | 315 | 254 | 569 |
| 2018 | 789 | 111 | 900 |
| 2017 | 151 | 54 | 205 |
| 2016 | 293 | 151 | 444 |
| 2015 | 213 | 238 | 451 |
| 2014 | 483 | 115 | 598 |
| 2013 | 518 | 288 | 806 |
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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Figures for France: Fort-de-France has no reliable figures of its own.
At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €230,040. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €895 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 21%
- Payment, one income
- 41%
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
- €1,436
- Owning per month
- €900
Figures for Martinique: Fort-de-France 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 341 while 504 homes were started: 0.7 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 0.7
- Population change, 2022
- +341
18.2% of the 48,116 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 18.2%
- Empty homes
- 8,758