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New homes in København

42.4% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
2,898
Per 1,000 residents
4.3

Homes licensed for construction in København

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

  • København
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodKøbenhavn
Jun 20252,898
Mar 20253,023
Dec 20242,740
Sep 20242,306
Jun 20242,095
Mar 20242,587
Dec 20232,990
Sep 20232,822
Jun 20232,107
Mar 20232,167
Dec 20224,766
Sep 20225,012
Jun 20225,320
Mar 20225,866
Dec 20213,585
Sep 20214,164
Jun 20213,886
Mar 20213,259
Dec 20203,314
Sep 20203,447
Jun 20204,703
Mar 20204,963
Dec 20196,246
Sep 20196,774
Jun 20197,948
Mar 20198,523
Dec 20187,193
Sep 20187,254
Jun 20185,935
Mar 20185,358
Dec 20175,949
Sep 20176,815
Jun 20177,304
Mar 20177,795
Dec 20167,313
Sep 20166,139
Jun 20166,313
Mar 20167,063
Dec 20157,004
Sep 20156,234
Jun 20155,717
Mar 20154,122
Dec 20143,658
Sep 20143,241
Jun 20142,616
Mar 20142,052
Dec 20131,751
Sep 20131,868
Jun 20131,676
Mar 20131,626
Dec 20122,179
Sep 20122,190
Jun 20121,823
Mar 20121,636
Dec 20111,034
Sep 20112,070
Jun 20112,232
Mar 20112,188
Dec 20102,361
Sep 2010917
Jun 2010793
Mar 2010785
Dec 2009546
Sep 2009637
Jun 2009473
Mar 2009414
Dec 2008612
Sep 2008488
Jun 2008647
Mar 2008797
Dec 2007751
Sep 20071,105
Jun 20071,720
Mar 20073,080
Dec 20063,554

Homes finished and licensed each year in København

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
20252,920—
20243,1622,740
20233,8692,990
20223,5314,766
20215,5303,585
20205,7453,314
20196,5146,246
20186,1197,193
20175,6275,949
20164,8167,313
20152,4607,004
20142,5463,658
20131,3901,751
20121,6692,179
20119691,034
20108622,361
20091,110546
20081,687612
20073,956751
20063,6683,554
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
4.4

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 65,171/m² and DKK 88,371/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
DKK 76,771/m²
Chance of a rise
36%

Affordability

At the average sale price of houses, a 90 m² home costs DKK 5,907,780. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is DKK 25,326 a month. Denmark sets no cap on the payment; lenders treat debt above four times gross income as high.

Payment, two incomes
52%
Payment, one income
104%

Asking against sale price

Houses sold in Q2 2026 had first been offered at 4.6% more than they fetched. A year ago the gap was +3.8%.

Gap today
+4.6%
Change in a year
+0.8 pp

Past cycles

Asking prices have fallen by 3% or more 7 times since 2004. The deepest began in October 2006.

Deepest fall
−23.1%
Recovery from the low
72 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 4,626 while 2,920 homes were finished: 1.6 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
1.6
Population change, 2025
+4,626

Empty homes

4.8% of the 348,477 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.

Empty, 2026
4.8%
Empty homes
16,711

Renovation

In 2025, 5% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2025
5%