Hillegom · report
Renovation in Hillegom
In 2024, 39% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 39%
Homes finished in Hillegom, 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 | 55 | — | 35 | 90 |
| 2023 | 160 | — | 15 | 175 |
| 2022 | 100 | — | 40 | 140 |
| 2021 | 100 | — | 25 | 125 |
| 2020 | 5 | — | 10 | 15 |
| 2019 | 110 | — | 10 | 120 |
| 2018 | 80 | — | 5 | 85 |
| 2017 | 255 | — | 5 | 260 |
| 2016 | 40 | — | 15 | 55 |
| 2015 | 45 | — | 15 | 60 |
| 2014 | 40 | — | 10 | 50 |
| 2013 | 155 | — | 15 | 170 |
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 €500,757. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €2,136 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
- 23%
- Payment, one income
- 46%
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
- €725
- Owning per month
- €2,110
1.0% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 150
- Per 1,000 residents
- 6.6
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 3 times since 1995. The deepest began in 2007.
- Deepest fall
- −21.5%
- Recovery from the low
- 36 months
In 2025 the population grew by 294 while 178 homes were finished: 1.7 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 1.7
- Population change, 2025
- +294
3.4% of the 10,395 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 3.4%
- Empty homes
- 355