Roskilde · report
Renovation in Roskilde
In 2025, 5% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2025
- 5%
Homes finished in Roskilde, 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 | 288 | 5 | 10 | 303 |
| 2024 | 386 | 7 | 23 | 416 |
| 2023 | 493 | 73 | 19 | 585 |
| 2022 | 591 | 26 | 11 | 628 |
| 2021 | 666 | 32 | 111 | 809 |
| 2020 | 844 | 16 | 13 | 873 |
| 2019 | 569 | 45 | 13 | 627 |
| 2018 | 276 | 1 | 18 | 295 |
| 2017 | 266 | 8 | 92 | 366 |
| 2016 | 366 | 4 | 19 | 389 |
| 2015 | 381 | 7 | 41 | 429 |
| 2014 | 140 | 1 | 22 | 163 |
| 2013 | 172 | 9 | 116 | 297 |
| 2012 | 236 | 2 | 19 | 257 |
| 2011 | 74 | 19 | 15 | 108 |
| 2010 | 267 | 22 | 14 | 303 |
| 2009 | 119 | 10 | 3 | 132 |
| 2008 | 467 | 9 | 4 | 480 |
| 2007 | 236 | 4 | 4 | 244 |
| 2006 | 539 | 6 | 24 | 569 |
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 46,711/m² and DKK 58,594/m² by September 2027.
- Expected, September 2027
- DKK 52,653/m²
- Chance of a rise
- 98%
At the average sale price of houses, a 90 m² home costs DKK 2,869,020. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is DKK 12,299 a month. Denmark sets no cap on the payment; lenders treat debt above four times gross income as high.
- Payment, two incomes
- 22%
- Payment, one income
- 43%
Houses sold in Q2 2026 had first been offered at 3.0% more than they fetched. A year ago the gap was +3.4%.
- Gap today
- +3.0%
- Change in a year
- −0.3 pp
44.6% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 319
- Per 1,000 residents
- 3.4
Asking prices have fallen by 3% or more 6 times since 2004. The deepest began in September 2006.
- Deepest fall
- −27.8%
- Recovery from the low
- 88 months
In 2025 the population grew by 1,056 while 303 homes were finished: 3.5 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 3.5
- Population change, 2025
- +1,056
3.3% of the 44,608 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 3.3%
- Empty homes
- 1,488