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New homes in Enschede

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

Homes licensed for construction in Enschede

Dwellings in new buildings granted a permit over the previous 12 months, at each month.

  • Enschede
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodEnschede
Sep 2026620
Aug 2026723
Jul 2026732
Jun 2026947
May 2026715
Apr 2026718
Mar 2026715
Feb 2026693
Jan 2026666
Dec 2025649
Nov 2025650
Oct 2025599
Sep 2025397
Aug 2025298
Jul 2025327
Jun 2025116
May 2025118
Apr 2025170
Mar 2025242
Feb 2025344
Jan 2025345
Dec 2024384
Nov 2024408
Oct 2024500
Sep 2024563
Aug 2024627
Jul 2024653
Jun 2024714
May 2024733
Apr 2024860
Mar 2024888
Feb 2024788
Jan 2024833
Dec 2023797
Nov 2023773
Oct 2023690
Sep 2023865
Aug 2023824
Jul 2023786
Jun 2023838
May 2023854
Apr 2023683
Mar 2023570
Feb 2023573
Jan 2023530
Dec 2022532
Nov 2022514
Oct 2022511
Sep 2022303
Aug 2022397
Jul 2022376
Jun 2022274
May 2022264
Apr 2022255
Mar 2022341
Feb 2022395
Jan 2022401
Dec 2021415
Nov 2021420
Oct 2021444
Sep 2021426
Aug 2021333
Jul 2021344
Jun 2021358
May 2021340
Apr 2021365
Mar 2021307
Feb 2021341
Jan 2021342
Dec 2020337
Nov 2020329
Oct 2020301
Sep 2020379
Aug 2020354
Jul 2020390
Jun 2020479
May 2020477
Apr 2020477
Mar 2020483
Feb 2020394
Jan 2020421
Dec 2019417
Nov 2019432
Oct 2019435
Sep 2019403
Aug 2019470
Jul 2019476
Jun 2019356
May 2019363
Apr 2019439
Mar 2019419
Feb 2019439
Jan 2019532
Dec 2018534
Nov 2018541
Oct 2018598
Sep 2018557
Aug 2018570
Jul 2018517
Jun 2018550
May 2018574
Apr 2018482
Mar 2018568
Feb 2018592
Jan 2018502
Dec 2017504
Nov 2017507
Oct 2017484
Sep 2017498
Aug 2017496
Jul 2017506
Jun 2017576
May 2017567
Apr 2017574
Mar 2017482
Feb 2017530
Jan 2017502
Dec 2016506
Nov 2016498
Oct 2016471
Sep 2016444
Aug 2016377
Jul 2016363
Jun 2016264
May 2016297
Apr 2016277
Mar 2016281
Feb 2016229
Jan 2016279
Dec 2015312

Homes finished and licensed each year in Enschede

Homes completed (columns) against homes granted a permit (line), each year since 2015. CBS.

  • Homes finished
  • Homes licensed
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YearHomes finishedHomes licensed
2025929649
2024645384
2023317797
2022603532
2021312415
2020487337
2019535417
2018362534
2017481504
2016222506
2015319312
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
5.7

A licence is permission to build, not a finished home: most are completed one to three years later, and some never are. CBS counts permits from the buildings register (BAG) by the month they are registered, so a large plan registered at once shows as one month's spike.

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Affordability

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%

Buy or rent

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

Past cycles

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

People and new homes

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

Empty homes

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

Renovation

In 2024, 7% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2024
7%