Saint-François · report
Renovation in Saint-François
In 2025, 11% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 11%
Homes authorised in Saint-François: 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 | 141 | 18 | 159 |
| 2024 | 133 | 9 | 142 |
| 2023 | 364 | 24 | 388 |
| 2022 | 311 | 23 | 334 |
| 2021 | 204 | 22 | 226 |
| 2020 | 298 | 6 | 304 |
| 2019 | 250 | 13 | 263 |
| 2018 | 214 | 4 | 218 |
| 2017 | 169 | 44 | 213 |
| 2016 | 357 | 8 | 365 |
| 2015 | 167 | 8 | 175 |
| 2014 | 457 | 43 | 500 |
| 2013 | 159 | 11 | 170 |
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: Saint-François has no reliable figures of its own.
At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €435,150. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,694 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 39%
- Payment, one income
- 78%
Renting a 90 m² apartment costs less each month than owning 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
- €1,337
- Owning per month
- €1,529
Figures for Guadeloupe: Saint-François 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 grew by 693 while 177 homes were started: 3.9 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 3.9
- Population change, 2022
- +693
11.8% of the 11,644 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 11.8%
- Empty homes
- 1,372
Public bodies signed €89.4K of housing works here in 2025, and €89.4K since 2024.
- Signed in 2025
- €89.4K
- Per resident, 2025
- €6