Lille · report
Renovation in Lille
In 2025, 39% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 39%
Homes authorised in Lille: 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 | 390 | 250 | 640 |
| 2024 | 215 | 336 | 551 |
| 2023 | 1,099 | 246 | 1,345 |
| 2022 | 690 | 88 | 778 |
| 2021 | 225 | 233 | 458 |
| 2020 | 591 | 368 | 959 |
| 2019 | 517 | 404 | 921 |
| 2018 | 1,967 | 240 | 2,207 |
| 2017 | 1,425 | 286 | 1,711 |
| 2016 | 1,891 | 286 | 2,177 |
| 2015 | 892 | 149 | 1,041 |
| 2014 | 1,705 | 179 | 1,884 |
| 2013 | 1,180 | 503 | 1,683 |
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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At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €313,200. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,219 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 33%
- Payment, one income
- 65%
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
- €1,418
- Owning per month
- €1,221
Figures for Nord: Lille has no reliable figures of its own.
10.9% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 12,139
In 2022 the population fell by 449 while 500 homes were started.
- Homes started, 2022
- 500
- Population change, 2022
- −449
8.0% of the 146,031 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 8.0%
- Empty homes
- 11,721
Public bodies signed €531.1K of housing works here in 2024, and €531.1K since 2024.
- Signed in 2024
- €531.1K
- Per resident, 2024
- €2