Reims · report
Renovation in Reims
In 2025, 28% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 28%
Homes authorised in Reims: 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 | 367 | 146 | 513 |
| 2024 | 251 | 114 | 365 |
| 2023 | 208 | 103 | 311 |
| 2022 | 853 | 190 | 1,043 |
| 2021 | 662 | 287 | 949 |
| 2020 | 590 | 565 | 1,155 |
| 2019 | 2,190 | 149 | 2,339 |
| 2018 | 1,232 | 235 | 1,467 |
| 2017 | 637 | 276 | 913 |
| 2016 | 796 | 161 | 957 |
| 2015 | 460 | 210 | 670 |
| 2014 | 929 | 101 | 1,030 |
| 2013 | 849 | 115 | 964 |
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 €238,230. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €927 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 25%
- Payment, one income
- 50%
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
- €1,179
- Owning per month
- €871
Figures for Marne: Reims has no reliable figures of its own.
28.0% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 1,934
In 2022 the population fell by 804 while 593 homes were started.
- Homes started, 2022
- 593
- Population change, 2022
- −804
10.0% of the 107,679 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 10.0%
- Empty homes
- 10,738
Public bodies signed €2.5M of housing works here in 2025, and €2.5M since 2024.
- Signed in 2025
- €2.5M
- Per resident, 2025
- €14