Leiden · report
Renovation in Leiden
In 2024, 27% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 27%
Homes finished in Leiden, 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 | 1,050 | — | 395 | 1,445 |
| 2023 | 1,215 | — | 205 | 1,420 |
| 2022 | 805 | — | 425 | 1,230 |
| 2021 | 1,000 | — | 335 | 1,335 |
| 2020 | 570 | — | 440 | 1,010 |
| 2019 | 540 | — | 325 | 865 |
| 2018 | 700 | — | 350 | 1,050 |
| 2017 | 540 | — | 335 | 875 |
| 2016 | 765 | — | 410 | 1,175 |
| 2015 | 1,195 | — | 465 | 1,660 |
| 2014 | 85 | — | 145 | 230 |
| 2013 | 290 | — | 175 | 465 |
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 €492,047. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €2,099 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
- 28%
- Payment, one income
- 56%
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
- €962
- Owning per month
- €2,073
48.5% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 1,504
- Per 1,000 residents
- 11.5
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more once since 1995. That fall began in 2008.
- Deepest fall
- −17.0%
- Recovery from the low
- 48 months
In 2025 the population fell by 303 while 443 homes were finished.
- Homes finished, 2025
- 443
- Population change, 2025
- −303
4.7% of the 65,785 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 4.7%
- Empty homes
- 3,090