Gooise Meren · report
Renovation in Gooise Meren
In 2024, 11% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 11%
Homes finished in Gooise Meren, 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 | — | 30 | 270 |
| 2023 | 110 | — | 30 | 140 |
| 2022 | 410 | — | 185 | 595 |
| 2021 | 135 | — | 35 | 170 |
| 2020 | 175 | — | 75 | 250 |
| 2019 | 135 | — | 75 | 210 |
| 2018 | 140 | — | 60 | 200 |
| 2017 | 70 | — | 90 | 160 |
| 2016 | 110 | — | 50 | 160 |
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 €721,747. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €3,079 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
- 31%
- Payment, one income
- 62%
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
- €935
- Owning per month
- €3,041
12.9% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 166
- Per 1,000 residents
- 2.7
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more once since 2016. That fall began in 2022.
- Deepest fall
- −5.2%
- Recovery from the low
- 24 months
In 2025 the population grew by 215 while 99 homes were finished: 2.2 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 2.2
- Population change, 2025
- +215
5.3% of the 28,080 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 5.3%
- Empty homes
- 1,490