Odense · report
Renovation in Odense
In 2025, 9% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2025
- 9%
Homes finished in Odense, 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 | 1,035 | 61 | 42 | 1,138 |
| 2024 | 1,308 | 21 | 35 | 1,364 |
| 2023 | 1,773 | 142 | 59 | 1,974 |
| 2022 | 1,523 | 228 | 19 | 1,770 |
| 2021 | 920 | 163 | 125 | 1,208 |
| 2020 | 1,429 | 58 | 119 | 1,606 |
| 2019 | 2,267 | 84 | 142 | 2,493 |
| 2018 | 1,151 | 84 | 152 | 1,387 |
| 2017 | 862 | 107 | 127 | 1,096 |
| 2016 | 910 | 313 | 307 | 1,530 |
| 2015 | 445 | 28 | 80 | 553 |
| 2014 | 297 | 11 | 87 | 395 |
| 2013 | 271 | 180 | 71 | 522 |
| 2012 | 658 | 32 | 54 | 744 |
| 2011 | 223 | 69 | 28 | 320 |
| 2010 | 334 | 33 | 57 | 424 |
| 2009 | 441 | 22 | 39 | 502 |
| 2008 | 541 | 12 | 95 | 648 |
| 2007 | 606 | 32 | 73 | 711 |
| 2006 | 477 | 114 | 51 | 642 |
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.
Other reports for Odense
Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between DKK 25,148/m² and DKK 28,839/m² by September 2027.
- Expected, September 2027
- DKK 26,993/m²
- Chance of a rise
- 93%
At the average sale price of houses, a 90 m² home costs DKK 1,892,610. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is DKK 8,113 a month. Denmark sets no cap on the payment; lenders treat debt above four times gross income as high.
- Payment, two incomes
- 18%
- Payment, one income
- 36%
Houses sold in Q2 2026 had first been offered at 4.7% more than they fetched. A year ago the gap was +6.6%.
- Gap today
- +4.7%
- Change in a year
- −2.0 pp
86.2% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 208
- Per 1,000 residents
- 1.0
Asking prices have fallen by 3% or more 7 times since 2004. The deepest began in July 2008.
- Deepest fall
- −17.5%
- Recovery from the low
- 57 months
In 2025 the population grew by 2,332 while 1,138 homes were finished: 2.0 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 2.0
- Population change, 2025
- +2,332
5.4% of the 113,094 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 5.4%
- Empty homes
- 6,143