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New homes in Assen

9.7% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
251
Per 1,000 residents
3.6

Homes licensed for construction in Assen

Dwellings in new buildings granted a permit over the previous 12 months, at each month.

  • Assen
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodAssen
Sep 2026251
Aug 2026306
Jul 2026188
Jun 2026206
May 2026211
Apr 2026207
Mar 2026241
Feb 2026250
Jan 2026214
Dec 2025181
Nov 2025224
Oct 2025275
Sep 2025273
Aug 2025316
Jul 2025317
Jun 2025299
May 2025296
Apr 2025394
Mar 2025399
Feb 2025481
Jan 2025471
Dec 2024474
Nov 2024436
Oct 2024384
Sep 2024381
Aug 2024332
Jul 2024333
Jun 2024336
May 2024412
Apr 2024327
Mar 2024360
Feb 2024350
Jan 2024366
Dec 2023366
Nov 2023364
Oct 2023367
Sep 2023373
Aug 2023331
Jul 2023343
Jun 2023345
May 2023305
Apr 2023304
Mar 2023252
Feb 2023169
Jan 2023136
Dec 2022143
Nov 2022137
Oct 2022131
Sep 2022125
Aug 2022118
Jul 2022105
Jun 2022102
May 202263
Apr 202250
Mar 2022158
Feb 2022185
Jan 2022178
Dec 2021178
Nov 2021182
Oct 2021184
Sep 2021185
Aug 2021188
Jul 2021193
Jun 2021219
May 2021220
Apr 2021223
Mar 2021117
Feb 2021121
Jan 2021146
Dec 2020176
Nov 2020239
Oct 2020259
Sep 2020258
Aug 2020255
Jul 2020249
Jun 2020222
May 2020273
Apr 2020270
Mar 2020266
Feb 2020274
Jan 2020307
Dec 2019276
Nov 2019266
Oct 2019265
Sep 2019296
Aug 2019404
Jul 2019435
Jun 2019434
May 2019404
Apr 2019483
Mar 2019470
Feb 2019455
Jan 2019483
Dec 2018549
Nov 2018511
Oct 2018490
Sep 2018533
Aug 2018428
Jul 2018398
Jun 2018401
May 2018429
Apr 2018404
Mar 2018403
Feb 2018390
Jan 2018300
Dec 2017253
Nov 2017242
Oct 2017247
Sep 2017194
Aug 2017208
Jul 2017207
Jun 2017205
May 2017155
Apr 2017103
Mar 201799
Feb 2017124
Jan 2017126
Dec 2016101
Nov 2016170
Oct 2016165
Sep 2016144
Aug 2016142
Jul 2016226
Jun 2016225
May 2016259
Apr 2016257
Mar 2016359
Feb 2016323
Jan 2016321
Dec 2015316

Homes finished and licensed each year in Assen

Homes completed (columns) against homes granted a permit (line), each year since 2015. CBS.

  • Homes finished
  • Homes licensed
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YearHomes finishedHomes licensed
2025385181
2024308474
2023143366
2022131143
2021171178
2020369176
2019531276
2018285549
2017315253
2016262101
2015106316
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
5.5

A licence is permission to build, not a finished home: most are completed one to three years later, and some never are. CBS counts permits from the buildings register (BAG) by the month they are registered, so a large plan registered at once shows as one month's spike.

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Affordability

At the average sale price, a home costs €376,755. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,607 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
20%
Payment, one income
40%

Buy or rent

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
€757
Owning per month
€1,587

Past cycles

Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more once since 1995. That fall began in 2008.

Deepest fall
−7.9%
Recovery from the low
36 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 380 while 385 homes were finished: 1.0 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
1.0
Population change, 2025
+380

Empty homes

3.4% of the 33,805 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.

Empty, 2026
3.4%
Empty homes
1,135

Renovation

In 2024, 7% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2024
7%