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New homes in Leiden

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

Homes licensed for construction in Leiden

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

  • Leiden
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodLeiden
Sep 20261,504
Aug 20261,578
Jul 20261,610
Jun 20261,327
May 2026647
Apr 2026987
Mar 2026987
Feb 2026987
Jan 2026712
Dec 2025715
Nov 2025715
Oct 2025715
Sep 2025643
Aug 2025569
Jul 2025534
Jun 2025543
May 2025579
Apr 2025283
Mar 2025283
Feb 20251,073
Jan 20251,334
Dec 20241,331
Nov 20241,331
Oct 20241,331
Sep 20241,400
Aug 20241,403
Jul 20241,403
Jun 20241,433
May 20241,561
Apr 20241,808
Mar 20241,866
Feb 20241,080
Jan 2024744
Dec 2023744
Nov 2023744
Oct 2023747
Sep 2023694
Aug 2023691
Jul 2023691
Jun 2023914
May 2023805
Apr 2023510
Mar 2023452
Feb 20231,287
Jan 20231,287
Dec 20221,303
Nov 20221,303
Oct 20221,315
Sep 20221,229
Aug 20221,234
Jul 20221,816
Jun 20221,554
May 20221,489
Apr 20221,508
Mar 20221,519
Feb 2022754
Jan 2022754
Dec 2021818
Nov 2021818
Oct 2021828
Sep 20211,554
Aug 20211,549
Jul 20211,258
Jun 20211,263
May 20211,312
Apr 20211,309
Mar 20211,458
Feb 20211,433
Jan 20211,813
Dec 20201,734
Nov 20201,810
Oct 20201,867
Sep 20201,158
Aug 20201,158
Jul 20201,007
Jun 20201,047
May 2020966
Apr 2020950
Mar 2020790
Feb 2020870
Jan 2020490
Dec 2019489
Nov 2019413
Oct 2019331
Sep 2019424
Aug 2019430
Jul 2019290
Jun 2019245
May 2019245
Apr 2019245
Mar 2019245
Feb 2019203
Jan 2019825
Dec 2018825
Nov 2018967
Oct 2018968
Sep 20181,020
Aug 20181,485
Jul 20181,485
Jun 20181,585
May 20181,645
Apr 20181,645
Mar 20181,645
Feb 20181,558
Jan 2018978
Dec 20171,091
Nov 20171,043
Oct 20171,155
Sep 2017993
Aug 2017522
Jul 2017656
Jun 2017727
May 2017725
Apr 2017725
Mar 2017725
Feb 2017725
Jan 2017687
Dec 2016673
Nov 2016678
Oct 2016565
Sep 2016696
Aug 2016769
Jul 2016649
Jun 2016478
May 2016436
Apr 2016692
Mar 2016750
Feb 2016990
Jan 2016992
Dec 2015899

Homes finished and licensed each year in Leiden

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
2025443715
20241,0511,331
20231,216744
20228061,303
2021998818
20206151,734
2019540489
2018690825
20175351,091
2016773673
20151,193899
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
3.4

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 €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%

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
€962
Owning per month
€2,073

Past cycles

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

People and new homes

In 2025 the population fell by 303 while 443 homes were finished.

Homes finished, 2025
443
Population change, 2025
−303

Empty homes

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

Renovation

In 2024, 27% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2024
27%