Region Hovedstaden · report
Public housing works in Region Hovedstaden
Public bodies signed DKK 1.5B of housing works here in 2025, and DKK 6.7B since 2017.
- Signed in 2025
- DKK 1.5B
- Per resident, 2025
- DKK 775
Public housing works signed in Region Hovedstaden
Contract awards for housing construction published on TED by Danish public buyers, by the year published, before VAT. Complete years only; the data runs to September 3, 2026.
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| Year | Value signed |
|---|---|
| 2025 | DKK 1,495,772,229 |
| 2024 | DKK 1,613,964,526 |
| 2023 | DKK 0 |
| 2022 | DKK 52,561,196 |
| 2021 | DKK 1,511,610,404 |
| 2020 | DKK 320,828,277 |
| 2019 | DKK 868,255,217 |
| 2018 | DKK 581,423,741 |
| 2017 | DKK 301,508,001 |
Only contracts above the EU thresholds are published on TED, so these are the larger works. A contract is placed in the regions its place of performance names, split evenly; one that names none counts for Denmark only. The value is the award's total.
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Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between DKK 52,176/m² and DKK 56,952/m² by September 2027.
- Expected, September 2027
- DKK 54,564/m²
- Chance of a rise
- 93%
Figures for Denmark: Region Hovedstaden has no reliable figures of its own.
At the average sale price of houses, a 90 m² home costs DKK 3,747,600. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is DKK 16,066 a month. Denmark sets no cap on the payment; lenders treat debt above four times gross income as high.
- Payment, two incomes
- 33%
- Payment, one income
- 66%
Houses sold in Q2 2026 had first been offered at 4.0% more than they fetched. A year ago the gap was +4.9%.
- Gap today
- +4.0%
- Change in a year
- −0.9 pp
42.7% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 6,140
- Per 1,000 residents
- 3.2
Prices of existing homes have fallen by 3% or more 3 times since 1992. The deepest began in Q3 2006.
- Deepest fall
- −29.9%
- Recovery from the low
- 108 months
In 2025 the population grew by 16,332 while 8,012 homes were finished: 2.0 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 2.0
- Population change, 2025
- +16,332
4.4% of the 957,541 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 4.4%
- Empty homes
- 42,606
In 2025, 4% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2025
- 4%