Almere · report
Renovation in Almere
In 2024, 9% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 9%
Homes finished in Almere, by type of work
Dwellings added each year: by new building, and in existing buildings by transformation, splitting, rebuilding or a change of use. CBS, from the buildings register.
- Conversions
- Extensions
- New buildings
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| Year | New buildings | Extensions | Conversions | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,550 | — | 150 | 1,700 |
| 2023 | 1,610 | — | 150 | 1,760 |
| 2022 | 1,505 | — | 325 | 1,830 |
| 2021 | 1,450 | — | 35 | 1,485 |
| 2020 | 1,335 | — | 95 | 1,430 |
| 2019 | 1,655 | — | 170 | 1,825 |
| 2018 | 1,645 | — | 230 | 1,875 |
| 2017 | 1,630 | — | 100 | 1,730 |
| 2016 | 790 | — | 75 | 865 |
| 2015 | 680 | — | 50 | 730 |
| 2014 | 585 | — | 50 | 635 |
| 2013 | 615 | — | 0 | 615 |
CBS counts dwellings, so renovation that adds no dwelling (refurbishing, insulating) is not counted. Homes gained in existing buildings are counted gross: homes lost to merging or demolition are not taken off. From 2012.
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At the average sale price, a home costs €493,406. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €2,105 a month. The Netherlands sets no single cap on the payment: each year the law fixes how much of their income a household may spend on the mortgage, by income and interest rate.
- Payment, two incomes
- 23%
- Payment, one income
- 46%
Renting the average home costs less each month than owning it. Owning counts interest, running costs and the return the deposit could earn, at the average sale price; rent is what private tenants pay on average, after housing benefit. Repaying the loan is saving, so it is left out.
- Rent per month
- €917
- Owning per month
- €2,079
43.7% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 2,231
- Per 1,000 residents
- 9.7
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 2 times since 1995. The deepest began in 2008.
- Deepest fall
- −19.3%
- Recovery from the low
- 48 months
In 2025 the population grew by 3,057 while 1,199 homes were finished: 2.5 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 2.5
- Population change, 2025
- +3,057
3.0% of the 95,475 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 3.0%
- Empty homes
- 2,845