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New homes in Esbjerg

48.5% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
241
Per 1,000 residents
2.1

Homes licensed for construction in Esbjerg

Dwellings granted a building permit over the previous 12 months, at each quarter.

  • Esbjerg
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodEsbjerg
Jun 2025241
Mar 2025235
Dec 2024224
Sep 2024269
Jun 2024293
Mar 2024304
Dec 2023311
Sep 2023365
Jun 2023352
Mar 2023349
Dec 2022583
Sep 2022528
Jun 2022533
Mar 2022589
Dec 2021445
Sep 2021501
Jun 2021482
Mar 2021426
Dec 2020644
Sep 2020540
Jun 2020791
Mar 2020855
Dec 2019659
Sep 2019848
Jun 2019678
Mar 2019686
Dec 2018822
Sep 2018623
Jun 2018537
Mar 2018481
Dec 2017324
Sep 2017418
Jun 2017424
Mar 2017487
Dec 2016387
Sep 2016355
Jun 2016372
Mar 2016276
Dec 2015264
Sep 2015203
Jun 2015171
Mar 2015162
Dec 2014169
Sep 2014158
Jun 2014171
Mar 2014225
Dec 2013249
Sep 2013235
Jun 2013230
Mar 2013143
Dec 2012101
Sep 2012204
Jun 2012224
Mar 2012254
Dec 2011353
Sep 2011331
Jun 2011321
Mar 2011313
Dec 2010238
Sep 2010200
Jun 2010182
Mar 2010183
Dec 2009170
Sep 2009156
Jun 2009175
Mar 2009165
Dec 2008224
Sep 2008241
Jun 2008252
Mar 2008335
Dec 2007363
Sep 2007359
Jun 2007341
Mar 2007345
Dec 2006396

Homes finished and licensed each year in Esbjerg

Homes completed (columns) against homes granted a permit (line), each year since 2006. Statistics Denmark.

  • Homes finished
  • Homes licensed
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YearHomes finishedHomes licensed
2025264—
2024407224
2023473311
2022689583
2021608445
2020529644
2019521659
2018420822
2017231324
2016275387
2015181264
2014236169
2013218249
2012296101
2011222353
2010190238
2009272170
2008275224
2007276363
2006483396
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
2.3

A licence is permission to build, not a finished home: most are completed one to three years later, and some never are. Statistics Denmark counts permits from the building register by quarter, and permits are registered late: the latest four quarters are left out below the national level, and Denmark's own figures are adjusted for the delay.

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Next 12 months

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between DKK 15,509/m² and DKK 17,020/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
DKK 16,265/m²
Chance of a rise
56%

Affordability

At the average sale price of houses, a 90 m² home costs DKK 1,236,690. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is DKK 5,302 a month. Denmark sets no cap on the payment; lenders treat debt above four times gross income as high.

Payment, two incomes
11%
Payment, one income
22%

Asking against sale price

Houses sold in Q2 2026 had first been offered at 6.7% more than they fetched. A year ago the gap was +6.9%.

Gap today
+6.7%
Change in a year
−0.2 pp

Past cycles

Asking prices have fallen by 3% or more 6 times since 2004. The deepest began in July 2008.

Deepest fall
−17.6%
Recovery from the low
75 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population fell by 200 while 264 homes were finished.

Homes finished, 2025
264
Population change, 2025
−200

Empty homes

7.0% of the 61,286 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.

Empty, 2026
7.0%
Empty homes
4,303

Renovation

In 2025, 33% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2025
33%