Aarhus · report
Renovation in Aarhus
In 2025, 3% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2025
- 3%
Homes finished in Aarhus, by type of work
Dwellings completed each year in new buildings, by extending buildings and by converting them. Statistics Denmark.
- Conversions
- Extensions
- New buildings
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| Year | New buildings | Extensions | Conversions | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,109 | 32 | 36 | 2,177 |
| 2024 | 1,230 | 255 | 41 | 1,526 |
| 2023 | 4,600 | 170 | 89 | 4,859 |
| 2022 | 4,872 | 77 | 337 | 5,286 |
| 2021 | 3,323 | 155 | 111 | 3,589 |
| 2020 | 4,564 | 195 | 147 | 4,906 |
| 2019 | 3,644 | 55 | 93 | 3,792 |
| 2018 | 3,349 | 246 | 339 | 3,934 |
| 2017 | 3,441 | 246 | 187 | 3,874 |
| 2016 | 1,739 | 195 | 218 | 2,152 |
| 2015 | 1,479 | 126 | 241 | 1,846 |
| 2014 | 1,459 | 32 | 240 | 1,731 |
| 2013 | 1,590 | 100 | 139 | 1,829 |
| 2012 | 2,454 | 251 | 189 | 2,894 |
| 2011 | 1,135 | 64 | 104 | 1,303 |
| 2010 | 611 | 32 | 134 | 777 |
| 2009 | 1,146 | 78 | 120 | 1,344 |
| 2008 | 1,694 | 93 | 351 | 2,138 |
| 2007 | 1,841 | 227 | 354 | 2,422 |
| 2006 | 985 | 54 | 163 | 1,202 |
Statistics Denmark counts dwellings, so renovation that adds no dwelling is not counted. A conversion turns part of a building, or a whole one, into homes.
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Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between DKK 38,868/m² and DKK 46,422/m² by September 2027.
- Expected, September 2027
- DKK 42,645/m²
- Chance of a rise
- 92%
At the average sale price of houses, a 90 m² home costs DKK 2,811,870. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is DKK 12,054 a month. Denmark sets no cap on the payment; lenders treat debt above four times gross income as high.
- Payment, two incomes
- 25%
- Payment, one income
- 51%
Houses sold in Q2 2026 had first been offered at 3.4% more than they fetched. A year ago the gap was +5.0%.
- Gap today
- +3.4%
- Change in a year
- −1.7 pp
64.2% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 1,294
- Per 1,000 residents
- 3.4
Asking prices have fallen by 3% or more 4 times since 2004. The deepest began in August 2007.
- Deepest fall
- −9.1%
- Recovery from the low
- 23 months
In 2025 the population grew by 4,949 while 2,177 homes were finished: 2.3 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 2.3
- Population change, 2025
- +4,949
4.0% of the 194,324 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 4.0%
- Empty homes
- 7,801