Villeneuve-d'Ascq · report
Renovation in Villeneuve-d'Ascq
In 2025, 53% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 53%
Homes authorised in Villeneuve-d'Ascq: 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 | 395 | 444 | 839 |
| 2024 | 331 | 8 | 339 |
| 2023 | 520 | 608 | 1,128 |
| 2022 | 1,053 | 312 | 1,365 |
| 2021 | 826 | 14 | 840 |
| 2020 | 258 | 5 | 263 |
| 2019 | 335 | 12 | 347 |
| 2018 | 989 | 201 | 1,190 |
| 2017 | 571 | 38 | 609 |
| 2016 | 110 | 7 | 117 |
| 2015 | 448 | 190 | 638 |
| 2014 | 235 | 119 | 354 |
| 2013 | 699 | 8 | 707 |
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 €273,780. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,066 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 27%
- Payment, one income
- 54%
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
- €1,290
- Owning per month
- €845
Figures for Nord: Villeneuve-d'Ascq 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 526 while 1,328 homes were started: 0.4 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 0.4
- Population change, 2022
- +526
3.7% of the 30,884 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 3.7%
- Empty homes
- 1,144