Leeuwarden · report
Renovation in Leeuwarden
In 2024, 40% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 40%
Homes finished in Leeuwarden, 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 | 295 | — | 200 | 495 |
| 2023 | 575 | — | 385 | 960 |
| 2022 | 540 | — | 280 | 820 |
| 2021 | 645 | — | 330 | 975 |
| 2020 | 415 | — | 285 | 700 |
| 2019 | 490 | — | 685 | 1,175 |
| 2018 | 445 | — | 245 | 690 |
| 2017 | 490 | — | 260 | 750 |
| 2016 | 415 | — | 170 | 585 |
| 2015 | 230 | — | 330 | 560 |
| 2014 | 545 | — | 145 | 690 |
| 2013 | 280 | — | 170 | 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 €319,443. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,363 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
- 38%
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
- €1,346
67.0% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 887
- Per 1,000 residents
- 6.8
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more once since 1995. That fall began in 2011.
- Deepest fall
- −12.6%
- Recovery from the low
- 48 months
In 2025 the population grew by 190 while 228 homes were finished: 0.8 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 0.8
- Population change, 2025
- +190
4.1% of the 66,220 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 4.1%
- Empty homes
- 2,730