Nord · report
Renovation in Nord
In 2025, 29% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 29%
Homes authorised in Nord: 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 | 8,613 | 3,585 | 12,198 |
| 2024 | 6,828 | 2,672 | 9,500 |
| 2023 | 10,810 | 2,431 | 13,241 |
| 2022 | 12,450 | 2,179 | 14,629 |
| 2021 | 10,190 | 2,138 | 12,328 |
| 2020 | 11,245 | 2,210 | 13,455 |
| 2019 | 10,409 | 1,720 | 12,129 |
| 2018 | 12,091 | 2,159 | 14,250 |
| 2017 | 11,995 | 1,599 | 13,594 |
| 2016 | 10,279 | 1,570 | 11,849 |
| 2015 | 8,420 | 1,796 | 10,216 |
| 2014 | 8,167 | 1,520 | 9,687 |
| 2013 | 11,360 | 1,869 | 13,229 |
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 €189,810. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €739 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 19%
- Payment, one income
- 37%
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
- Per 1,000 residents
- 4.6
In 2022 the population fell by 1,274 while 9,994 homes were started.
- Homes started, 2022
- 9,994
- Population change, 2022
- −1,274
7.1% of the 1,271,470 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 7.1%
- Empty homes
- 89,917
Public bodies signed €41.7M of housing works here in 2025, and €244.5M since 2024.
- Signed in 2025
- €41.7M
- Per resident, 2025
- €16