Le Lamentin · report
Renovation in Le Lamentin
In 2025, 9% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 9%
Homes authorised in Le Lamentin: 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 | 145 | 15 | 160 |
| 2024 | 99 | 18 | 117 |
| 2023 | 268 | 25 | 293 |
| 2022 | 303 | 22 | 325 |
| 2021 | 216 | 13 | 229 |
| 2020 | 74 | 12 | 86 |
| 2019 | 245 | 25 | 270 |
| 2018 | 182 | 15 | 197 |
| 2017 | 393 | 11 | 404 |
| 2016 | 146 | 21 | 167 |
| 2015 | 561 | 122 | 683 |
| 2014 | 285 | 24 | 309 |
| 2013 | 196 | 34 | 230 |
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: Le Lamentin has no reliable figures of its own.
At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €242,640. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €944 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 22%
- Payment, one income
- 44%
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
- €1,444
- Owning per month
- €908
Figures for Martinique: Le Lamentin 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 54 while 584 homes were started: 0.1 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 0.1
- Population change, 2022
- +54
15.7% of the 22,694 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 15.7%
- Empty homes
- 3,567