Groningen · report
Renovation in Groningen
In 2024, 50% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 50%
Homes finished in Groningen, 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 | 610 | — | 620 | 1,230 |
| 2023 | 1,155 | — | 610 | 1,765 |
| 2022 | 1,385 | — | 1,005 | 2,390 |
| 2021 | 1,125 | — | 1,210 | 2,335 |
| 2020 | 2,015 | — | 840 | 2,855 |
| 2019 | 1,735 | — | 535 | 2,270 |
| 2018 | 1,110 | — | 905 | 2,015 |
| 2017 | 980 | — | 885 | 1,865 |
| 2016 | 900 | — | 815 | 1,715 |
| 2015 | 790 | — | 705 | 1,495 |
| 2014 | 555 | — | 1,100 | 1,655 |
| 2013 | 895 | — | 390 | 1,285 |
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 €396,626. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,692 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
- 25%
- Payment, one income
- 50%
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
- €800
- Owning per month
- €1,671
50.1% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 657
- Per 1,000 residents
- 2.7
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more once since 1995. That fall began in 2007.
- Deepest fall
- −10.5%
- Recovery from the low
- 36 months
In 2025 the population grew by 15 while 968 homes were finished: 0.0 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 0.0
- Population change, 2025
- +15
5.0% of the 125,820 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 5.0%
- Empty homes
- 6,310