Eindhoven · report
Renovation in Eindhoven
In 2024, 28% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 28%
Homes finished in Eindhoven, 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 | 1,555 | — | 605 | 2,160 |
| 2023 | 980 | — | 295 | 1,275 |
| 2022 | 1,610 | — | 805 | 2,415 |
| 2021 | 1,420 | — | 375 | 1,795 |
| 2020 | 1,360 | — | 400 | 1,760 |
| 2019 | 1,870 | — | 95 | 1,965 |
| 2018 | 1,230 | — | 865 | 2,095 |
| 2017 | 995 | — | 725 | 1,720 |
| 2016 | 730 | — | 1,095 | 1,825 |
| 2015 | 400 | — | 1,660 | 2,060 |
| 2014 | 515 | — | 500 | 1,015 |
| 2013 | 1,280 | — | 295 | 1,575 |
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 €469,870. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €2,004 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
- €1,028
- Owning per month
- €1,980
15.3% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 2,090
- Per 1,000 residents
- 8.4
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more once since 1995. That fall began in 2008.
- Deepest fall
- −18.8%
- Recovery from the low
- 48 months
In 2025 the population grew by 758 while 1,529 homes were finished: 0.5 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 0.5
- Population change, 2025
- +758
4.6% of the 122,955 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 4.6%
- Empty homes
- 5,710