Les Abymes · report
Renovation in Les Abymes
In 2025, 6% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 6%
Homes authorised in Les Abymes: 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 | 174 | 11 | 185 |
| 2024 | 198 | 11 | 209 |
| 2023 | 269 | 9 | 278 |
| 2022 | 371 | 46 | 417 |
| 2021 | 351 | 5 | 356 |
| 2020 | 133 | 12 | 145 |
| 2019 | 366 | 32 | 398 |
| 2018 | 614 | 206 | 820 |
| 2017 | 304 | 67 | 371 |
| 2016 | 388 | 16 | 404 |
| 2015 | 463 | 24 | 487 |
| 2014 | 930 | 13 | 943 |
| 2013 | 627 | 56 | 683 |
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: Les Abymes has no reliable figures of its own.
At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €185,220. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €721 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 17%
- 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
- €1,354
- Owning per month
- €630
Figures for Guadeloupe: Les Abymes has no reliable figures of its own.
3.1% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 2,789
In 2022 the population fell by 705 while 168 homes were started.
- Homes started, 2022
- 168
- Population change, 2022
- −705
19.4% of the 31,663 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 19.4%
- Empty homes
- 6,128
Public bodies signed €217.8K of housing works here in 2025, and €217.8K since 2024.
- Signed in 2025
- €217.8K
- Per resident, 2025
- €4