Bergen (NH.) · report
Renovation in Bergen (NH.)
In 2024, 40% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 40%
Homes finished in Bergen (NH.), 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 | 60 | — | 40 | 100 |
| 2023 | 65 | — | 50 | 115 |
| 2022 | 95 | — | 30 | 125 |
| 2021 | 20 | — | 35 | 55 |
| 2020 | 25 | — | 20 | 45 |
| 2019 | 70 | — | 90 | 160 |
| 2018 | 45 | — | 80 | 125 |
| 2017 | 145 | — | 25 | 170 |
| 2016 | 45 | — | 25 | 70 |
| 2015 | 75 | — | 30 | 105 |
| 2014 | 20 | — | 5 | 25 |
| 2013 | 20 | — | 120 | 140 |
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 €737,165. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €3,144 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
- 35%
- Payment, one income
- 70%
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
- €1,021
- Owning per month
- €3,106
62.8% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 32
- Per 1,000 residents
- 1.1
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 2 times since 1995. The deepest began in 2009.
- Deepest fall
- −26.7%
- Recovery from the low
- 36 months
In 2025 the population fell by 69 while 9 homes were finished.
- Homes finished, 2025
- 9
- Population change, 2025
- −69
10.7% of the 15,560 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 10.7%
- Empty homes
- 1,670