Roubaix · report
Renovation in Roubaix
In 2025, 23% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 23%
Homes authorised in Roubaix: 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 | 190 | 57 | 247 |
| 2024 | 210 | 117 | 327 |
| 2023 | 725 | 67 | 792 |
| 2022 | 480 | 213 | 693 |
| 2021 | 1,059 | 43 | 1,102 |
| 2020 | 530 | 144 | 674 |
| 2019 | 192 | 203 | 395 |
| 2018 | 274 | 210 | 484 |
| 2017 | 145 | 85 | 230 |
| 2016 | 81 | 217 | 298 |
| 2015 | 142 | 30 | 172 |
| 2014 | 434 | 36 | 470 |
| 2013 | 155 | 191 | 346 |
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 €147,870. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €576 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 21%
- Payment, one income
- 43%
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
- €1,195
- Owning per month
- €632
Figures for Nord: Roubaix 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 1,221 while 682 homes were started.
- Homes started, 2022
- 682
- Population change, 2022
- −1,221
9.4% of the 43,709 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 9.4%
- Empty homes
- 4,129