Emmen · report
Renovation in Emmen
In 2024, 24% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 24%
Homes finished in Emmen, 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 | 240 | — | 75 | 315 |
| 2023 | 210 | — | 115 | 325 |
| 2022 | 320 | — | 50 | 370 |
| 2021 | 420 | — | 155 | 575 |
| 2020 | 245 | — | 215 | 460 |
| 2019 | 125 | — | 80 | 205 |
| 2018 | 120 | — | 110 | 230 |
| 2017 | 80 | — | 115 | 195 |
| 2016 | 105 | — | 85 | 190 |
| 2015 | 120 | — | 55 | 175 |
| 2014 | 10 | — | 20 | 30 |
| 2013 | 330 | — | 105 | 435 |
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 €351,871. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,501 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
- 19%
- Payment, one income
- 39%
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
- €721
- Owning per month
- €1,483
29.4% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 286
- Per 1,000 residents
- 2.6
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more once since 1995. That fall began in 2007.
- Deepest fall
- −17.7%
- Recovery from the low
- 48 months
In 2025 the population grew by 276 while 172 homes were finished: 1.6 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 1.6
- Population change, 2025
- +276
3.3% of the 50,900 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 3.3%
- Empty homes
- 1,670