Valenciennes · report
Renovation in Valenciennes
In 2025, 32% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 32%
Homes authorised in Valenciennes: 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 | 67 | 32 | 99 |
| 2024 | 278 | 121 | 399 |
| 2023 | 119 | 25 | 144 |
| 2022 | 1,017 | 18 | 1,035 |
| 2021 | 243 | 167 | 410 |
| 2020 | 313 | 92 | 405 |
| 2019 | 107 | 73 | 180 |
| 2018 | 187 | 58 | 245 |
| 2017 | 1 | 12 | 13 |
| 2016 | 397 | 2 | 399 |
| 2015 | 79 | 65 | 144 |
| 2014 | 237 | — | 237 |
| 2013 | 82 | 8 | 90 |
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 €162,900. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €634 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 17%
- Payment, one income
- 34%
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
- €1,090
- Owning per month
- €668
Figures for Nord: Valenciennes 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 grew by 489 while 154 homes were started: 3.2 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 3.2
- Population change, 2022
- +489
12.5% of the 26,807 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 12.5%
- Empty homes
- 3,356
Public bodies signed €362.2K of housing works here in 2024, and €362.2K since 2024.
- Signed in 2024
- €362.2K
- Per resident, 2024
- €8