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New homes in Leeuwarden

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

Homes licensed for construction in Leeuwarden

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

  • Leeuwarden
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodLeeuwarden
Sep 2026887
Aug 2026839
Jul 2026808
Jun 2026495
May 2026347
Apr 2026357
Mar 2026429
Feb 2026478
Jan 2026461
Dec 2025573
Nov 2025503
Oct 2025538
Sep 2025735
Aug 2025837
Jul 2025849
Jun 2025810
May 2025775
Apr 2025900
Mar 2025809
Feb 2025793
Jan 2025782
Dec 2024603
Nov 2024591
Oct 2024585
Sep 2024452
Aug 2024340
Jul 2024331
Jun 2024423
May 2024418
Apr 2024372
Mar 2024361
Feb 2024326
Jan 2024322
Dec 2023322
Nov 2023327
Oct 2023359
Sep 2023293
Aug 2023311
Jul 2023307
Jun 2023266
May 2023295
Apr 2023207
Mar 2023225
Feb 2023307
Jan 2023307
Dec 2022307
Nov 2022310
Oct 2022338
Sep 2022336
Aug 2022325
Jul 2022335
Jun 2022305
May 2022590
Apr 2022625
Mar 2022663
Feb 2022741
Jan 2022782
Dec 2021806
Nov 2021862
Oct 2021769
Sep 2021840
Aug 2021847
Jul 2021853
Jun 2021889
May 2021569
Apr 2021541
Mar 2021576
Feb 2021552
Jan 2021525
Dec 2020516
Nov 2020465
Oct 2020523
Sep 2020547
Aug 2020567
Jul 2020554
Jun 2020569
May 2020709
Apr 2020775
Mar 2020726
Feb 2020595
Jan 2020589
Dec 2019585
Nov 2019642
Oct 2019621
Sep 2019612
Aug 2019603
Jul 2019602
Jun 2019531
May 2019416
Apr 2019382
Mar 2019392
Feb 2019393
Jan 2019388
Dec 2018445
Nov 2018389
Oct 2018355
Sep 2018445
Aug 2018477
Jul 2018502
Jun 2018611
May 2018645
Apr 2018636
Mar 2018590
Feb 2018641
Jan 2018680
Dec 2017636
Nov 2017638
Oct 2017654
Sep 2017496
Aug 2017465
Jul 2017460
Jun 2017430
May 2017427
Apr 2017396
Mar 2017414
Feb 2017408
Jan 2017388
Dec 2016365
Nov 2016385
Oct 2016507
Sep 2016516
Aug 2016514
Jul 2016500
Jun 2016431
May 2016382
Apr 2016485
Mar 2016494
Feb 2016497
Jan 2016545
Dec 2015561

Homes finished and licensed each year in Leeuwarden

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
2025228573
2024295603
2023573322
2022480307
2021637806
2020419516
2019490585
2018447445
2017490636
2016415365
2015226561
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
1.8

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 €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%

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
€1,346

Past cycles

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

People and new homes

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

Empty homes

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

Renovation

In 2024, 40% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2024
40%