Hauts de Bienne · report
Renovation in Hauts de Bienne
In 2021, 80% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2021
- 80%
Homes authorised in Hauts de Bienne: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2018 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2017 | 1 | — | 1 |
| 2016 | 5 | — | 5 |
| 2015 | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| 2014 | 16 | 6 | 22 |
| 2013 | 1 | 12 | 13 |
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 €139,410. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €543 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 12%
- Payment, one income
- 23%
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
- €1,117
- Owning per month
- €495
Figures for Jura: Hauts de Bienne has no reliable figures of its own.
21.9% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 1,294
18.9% of the 3,332 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 18.9%
- Empty homes
- 629