Breda · report
Renovation in Breda
In 2024, 33% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 33%
Homes finished in Breda, 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 | 300 | — | 150 | 450 |
| 2023 | 975 | — | 220 | 1,195 |
| 2022 | 705 | — | 240 | 945 |
| 2021 | 525 | — | 275 | 800 |
| 2020 | 625 | — | 225 | 850 |
| 2019 | 525 | — | 430 | 955 |
| 2018 | 520 | — | 235 | 755 |
| 2017 | 965 | — | 250 | 1,215 |
| 2016 | 470 | — | 495 | 965 |
| 2015 | 300 | — | 320 | 620 |
| 2014 | 485 | — | 80 | 565 |
| 2013 | 1,100 | — | 140 | 1,240 |
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 €509,387. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €2,173 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
- 26%
- Payment, one income
- 52%
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
- €978
- Owning per month
- €2,146
152.6% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 2,086
- Per 1,000 residents
- 11.0
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 2 times since 1995. The deepest began in 2008.
- Deepest fall
- −16.1%
- Recovery from the low
- 48 months
In 2025 the population grew by 1,431 while 1,043 homes were finished: 1.4 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 1.4
- Population change, 2025
- +1,431
3.4% of the 89,385 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 3.4%
- Empty homes
- 3,015