Amsterdam · report
Renovation in Amsterdam
In 2024, 18% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 18%
Homes finished in Amsterdam, 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 | 5,770 | — | 1,280 | 7,050 |
| 2023 | 4,540 | — | 2,240 | 6,780 |
| 2022 | 6,915 | — | 2,120 | 9,035 |
| 2021 | 6,465 | — | 3,210 | 9,675 |
| 2020 | 2,570 | — | 1,220 | 3,790 |
| 2019 | 5,210 | — | 2,375 | 7,585 |
| 2018 | 7,535 | — | 2,535 | 10,070 |
| 2017 | 4,915 | — | 1,445 | 6,360 |
| 2016 | 5,165 | — | 1,600 | 6,765 |
| 2015 | 5,365 | — | 2,980 | 8,345 |
| 2014 | 2,730 | — | 1,680 | 4,410 |
| 2013 | 2,455 | — | 1,060 | 3,515 |
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 €630,621. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €2,690 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
- 37%
- Payment, one income
- 74%
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
- €1,199
- Owning per month
- €2,657
44.3% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 9,760
- Per 1,000 residents
- 10.4
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 3 times since 1995. The deepest began in 2008.
- Deepest fall
- −16.0%
- Recovery from the low
- 36 months
In 2025 the population grew by 7,387 while 7,328 homes were finished: 1.0 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 1.0
- Population change, 2025
- +7,387
6.7% of the 494,450 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 6.7%
- Empty homes
- 33,290