Lochem · report
Renovation in Lochem
In 2024, 39% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 39%
Homes finished in Lochem, 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 | 70 | — | 45 | 115 |
| 2023 | 120 | — | 15 | 135 |
| 2022 | 70 | — | 95 | 165 |
| 2021 | 130 | — | 40 | 170 |
| 2020 | 75 | — | 45 | 120 |
| 2019 | 110 | — | 20 | 130 |
| 2018 | 90 | — | 10 | 100 |
| 2017 | 150 | — | 15 | 165 |
| 2016 | 105 | — | 70 | 175 |
| 2015 | 55 | — | 85 | 140 |
| 2014 | 105 | — | 30 | 135 |
| 2013 | 140 | — | 20 | 160 |
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 €587,573. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €2,506 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
- 27%
- Payment, one income
- 53%
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
- €883
- Owning per month
- €2,476
13.2% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 114
- Per 1,000 residents
- 3.3
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 3 times since 1995. The deepest began in 2007.
- Deepest fall
- −27.1%
- Recovery from the low
- 72 months
In 2025 the population fell by 101 while 158 homes were finished.
- Homes finished, 2025
- 158
- Population change, 2025
- −101
5.3% of the 15,820 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 5.3%
- Empty homes
- 845