Enschede · report
Renovation in Enschede
In 2024, 7% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 7%
Homes finished in Enschede, 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 | 645 | — | 50 | 695 |
| 2023 | 315 | — | 175 | 490 |
| 2022 | 605 | — | 260 | 865 |
| 2021 | 310 | — | 130 | 440 |
| 2020 | 500 | — | 300 | 800 |
| 2019 | 535 | — | 235 | 770 |
| 2018 | 360 | — | 635 | 995 |
| 2017 | 480 | — | 155 | 635 |
| 2016 | 220 | — | 165 | 385 |
| 2015 | 320 | — | 120 | 440 |
| 2014 | 295 | — | 75 | 370 |
| 2013 | 585 | — | 60 | 645 |
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 €373,780. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,594 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
- 22%
- Payment, one income
- 44%
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
- €780
- Owning per month
- €1,575
22.4% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 620
- Per 1,000 residents
- 3.8
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more once since 1995. That fall began in 2008.
- Deepest fall
- −13.5%
- Recovery from the low
- 48 months
In 2025 the population grew by 374 while 929 homes were finished: 0.4 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 0.4
- Population change, 2025
- +374
4.9% of the 78,450 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 4.9%
- Empty homes
- 3,815