Helmond · report
Renovation in Helmond
In 2024, 11% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 11%
Homes finished in Helmond, 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 | 350 | — | 45 | 395 |
| 2023 | 740 | — | 150 | 890 |
| 2022 | 425 | — | 70 | 495 |
| 2021 | 575 | — | 125 | 700 |
| 2020 | 425 | — | 70 | 495 |
| 2019 | 395 | — | 170 | 565 |
| 2018 | 385 | — | 140 | 525 |
| 2017 | 255 | — | 45 | 300 |
| 2016 | 155 | — | 10 | 165 |
| 2015 | 255 | — | 10 | 265 |
| 2014 | 220 | — | 15 | 235 |
| 2013 | 420 | — | 30 | 450 |
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 €458,882. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,957 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
- 24%
- Payment, one income
- 48%
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
- €911
- Owning per month
- €1,933
171.0% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 1,192
- Per 1,000 residents
- 12.3
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more once since 1995. That fall began in 2008.
- Deepest fall
- −22.2%
- Recovery from the low
- 60 months
In 2025 the population grew by 309 while 131 homes were finished: 2.4 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 2.4
- Population change, 2025
- +309
2.5% of the 43,710 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 2.5%
- Empty homes
- 1,080