Amersfoort · report
Renovation in Amersfoort
In 2024, 18% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 18%
Homes finished in Amersfoort, 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 | 830 | — | 180 | 1,010 |
| 2023 | 685 | — | 210 | 895 |
| 2022 | 675 | — | 165 | 840 |
| 2021 | 1,040 | — | 265 | 1,305 |
| 2020 | 875 | — | 295 | 1,170 |
| 2019 | 435 | — | 130 | 565 |
| 2018 | 365 | — | 470 | 835 |
| 2017 | 555 | — | 230 | 785 |
| 2016 | 595 | — | 255 | 850 |
| 2015 | 260 | — | 235 | 495 |
| 2014 | 390 | — | 85 | 475 |
| 2013 | 545 | — | 75 | 620 |
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 €551,639. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €2,353 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
- 25%
- Payment, one income
- 50%
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
- €963
- Owning per month
- €2,324
67.3% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 1,320
- Per 1,000 residents
- 8.1
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more once since 1995. That fall began in 2008.
- Deepest fall
- −14.9%
- Recovery from the low
- 48 months
In 2025 the population grew by 470 while 335 homes were finished: 1.4 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 1.4
- Population change, 2025
- +470
2.6% of the 72,805 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 2.6%
- Empty homes
- 1,915