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New homes in Heerlen

43.7% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
208
Per 1,000 residents
2.4

Homes licensed for construction in Heerlen

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

  • Heerlen
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodHeerlen
Sep 2026208
Aug 2026184
Jul 2026184
Jun 2026193
May 2026147
Apr 2026146
Mar 2026254
Feb 2026228
Jan 2026230
Dec 2025229
Nov 2025191
Oct 2025348
Sep 2025345
Aug 2025355
Jul 2025562
Jun 2025550
May 2025551
Apr 2025576
Mar 2025494
Feb 2025496
Jan 2025494
Dec 2024494
Nov 2024477
Oct 2024280
Sep 2024275
Aug 2024267
Jul 202484
Jun 2024111
May 2024253
Apr 2024242
Mar 2024216
Feb 2024215
Jan 2024215
Dec 2023229
Nov 2023240
Oct 2023240
Sep 2023245
Aug 2023245
Jul 2023222
Jun 2023195
May 202357
Apr 202367
Mar 202368
Feb 202369
Jan 2023112
Dec 202299
Nov 202294
Oct 202294
Sep 202293
Aug 2022100
Jul 2022101
Jun 2022102
May 202298
Apr 202277
Mar 202285
Feb 202286
Jan 202243
Dec 202144
Nov 202163
Oct 202162
Sep 202158
Aug 202149
Jul 202147
Jun 202148
May 202162
Apr 2021100
Mar 202191
Feb 202189
Jan 202188
Dec 202088
Nov 202064
Oct 202064
Sep 202064
Aug 202064
Jul 202065
Jun 202073
May 202058
Apr 202016
Mar 202018
Feb 202021
Jan 202021
Dec 201919
Nov 201921
Oct 201948
Sep 201994
Aug 201999
Jul 201998
Jun 2019123
May 2019123
Apr 2019123
Mar 2019145
Feb 2019141
Jan 2019141
Dec 2018146
Nov 2018143
Oct 2018116
Sep 201876
Aug 201870
Jul 201882
Jun 201855
May 201856
Apr 201871
Mar 201849
Feb 201859
Jan 201863
Dec 201764
Nov 201764
Oct 201764
Sep 201758
Aug 201759
Jul 201747
Jun 201739
May 201739
Apr 201724
Mar 201725
Feb 201715
Jan 201711
Dec 201617
Nov 201654
Oct 201654
Sep 201664
Aug 201663
Jul 201664
Jun 201686
May 2016106
Apr 2016112
Mar 2016109
Feb 2016122
Jan 2016146
Dec 2015134

Homes finished and licensed each year in Heerlen

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
202565229
2024123494
2023191229
202216499
20219644
20205988
201911219
201854146
201710864
20168617
201521134
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
0.7

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 €284,279. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,213 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
19%
Payment, one income
37%

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
€679
Owning per month
€1,198

Past cycles

Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more once since 1995. That fall began in 2008.

Deepest fall
−14.2%
Recovery from the low
60 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 255 while 65 homes were finished: 3.9 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
3.9
Population change, 2025
+255

Empty homes

5.6% of the 46,845 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.

Empty, 2026
5.6%
Empty homes
2,605

Renovation

In 2024, 48% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2024
48%