Arnhem · report
Renovation in Arnhem
In 2024, 16% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 16%
Homes finished in Arnhem, 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 | 790 | — | 150 | 940 |
| 2023 | 610 | — | 335 | 945 |
| 2022 | 600 | — | 220 | 820 |
| 2021 | 440 | — | 930 | 1,370 |
| 2020 | 910 | — | 300 | 1,210 |
| 2019 | 695 | — | 465 | 1,160 |
| 2018 | 825 | — | 485 | 1,310 |
| 2017 | 640 | — | 240 | 880 |
| 2016 | 665 | — | 360 | 1,025 |
| 2015 | 400 | — | 555 | 955 |
| 2014 | 670 | — | 175 | 845 |
| 2013 | 480 | — | 195 | 675 |
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 €407,247. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,737 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
- 24%
- Payment, one income
- 48%
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
- €861
- Owning per month
- €1,716
142.9% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 1,621
- Per 1,000 residents
- 9.6
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 2 times since 1995. The deepest began in 2008.
- Deepest fall
- −13.6%
- Recovery from the low
- 48 months
In 2025 the population grew by 2,459 while 277 homes were finished: 8.9 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 8.9
- Population change, 2025
- +2,459
3.7% of the 81,885 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 3.7%
- Empty homes
- 3,030