Haarlem · report
Renovation in Haarlem
In 2024, 25% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 25%
Homes finished in Haarlem, 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 | 875 | — | 290 | 1,165 |
| 2023 | 1,130 | — | 365 | 1,495 |
| 2022 | 260 | — | 360 | 620 |
| 2021 | 515 | — | 180 | 695 |
| 2020 | 590 | — | 350 | 940 |
| 2019 | 390 | — | 455 | 845 |
| 2018 | 525 | — | 415 | 940 |
| 2017 | 680 | — | 465 | 1,145 |
| 2016 | 165 | — | 325 | 490 |
| 2015 | 125 | — | 590 | 715 |
| 2014 | 560 | — | 330 | 890 |
| 2013 | 470 | — | 260 | 730 |
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 €576,569. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €2,459 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
- 29%
- Payment, one income
- 58%
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
- €1,016
- Owning per month
- €2,429
49.7% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 500
- Per 1,000 residents
- 3.0
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 2 times since 1995. The deepest began in 2008.
- Deepest fall
- −13.4%
- Recovery from the low
- 36 months
In 2025 the population grew by 166 while 241 homes were finished: 0.7 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 0.7
- Population change, 2025
- +166
4.8% of the 80,590 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 4.8%
- Empty homes
- 3,880