Maastricht · report
Renovation in Maastricht
In 2024, 52% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 52%
Homes finished in Maastricht, 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 | 250 | — | 270 | 520 |
| 2023 | 1,150 | — | 590 | 1,740 |
| 2022 | 970 | — | 260 | 1,230 |
| 2021 | 505 | — | 395 | 900 |
| 2020 | 445 | — | 940 | 1,385 |
| 2019 | 220 | — | 145 | 365 |
| 2018 | 95 | — | 295 | 390 |
| 2017 | 175 | — | 485 | 660 |
| 2016 | 15 | — | 570 | 585 |
| 2015 | 70 | — | 300 | 370 |
| 2014 | 95 | — | 130 | 225 |
| 2013 | 65 | — | 110 | 175 |
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 €413,671. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,765 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
- 25%
- Payment, one income
- 51%
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
- €919
- Owning per month
- €1,743
43.2% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 558
- Per 1,000 residents
- 4.4
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more once since 1995. That fall began in 2008.
- Deepest fall
- −10.9%
- Recovery from the low
- 48 months
In 2025 the population grew by 468 while 358 homes were finished: 1.3 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 1.3
- Population change, 2025
- +468
6.5% of the 66,575 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 6.5%
- Empty homes
- 4,350