Den Haag · report
Renovation in Den Haag
In 2024, 23% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 23%
Homes finished in Den Haag, 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 | 1,800 | — | 540 | 2,340 |
| 2023 | 1,620 | — | 635 | 2,255 |
| 2022 | 2,450 | — | 1,035 | 3,485 |
| 2021 | 1,400 | — | 910 | 2,310 |
| 2020 | 2,820 | — | 1,255 | 4,075 |
| 2019 | 1,610 | — | 1,500 | 3,110 |
| 2018 | 1,350 | — | 1,415 | 2,765 |
| 2017 | 2,385 | — | 1,340 | 3,725 |
| 2016 | 1,430 | — | 1,160 | 2,590 |
| 2015 | 1,030 | — | 1,190 | 2,220 |
| 2014 | 110 | — | 1,735 | 1,845 |
| 2013 | 1,975 | — | 1,675 | 3,650 |
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 €465,418. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,985 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
- 27%
- Payment, one income
- 54%
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
- €945
- Owning per month
- €1,961
52.3% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 4,282
- Per 1,000 residents
- 7.5
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 2 times since 1995. The deepest began in 2022.
- Deepest fall
- −8.9%
- Recovery from the low
- 24 months
In 2025 the population grew by 608 while 488 homes were finished: 1.2 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 1.2
- Population change, 2025
- +608
7.0% of the 274,725 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 7.0%
- Empty homes
- 19,250