Nijmegen · report
Renovation in Nijmegen
In 2024, 25% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 25%
Homes finished in Nijmegen, 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 | 1,115 | — | 375 | 1,490 |
| 2023 | 1,580 | — | 320 | 1,900 |
| 2022 | 850 | — | 400 | 1,250 |
| 2021 | 780 | — | 640 | 1,420 |
| 2020 | 470 | — | 195 | 665 |
| 2019 | 865 | — | 275 | 1,140 |
| 2018 | 1,090 | — | 200 | 1,290 |
| 2017 | 1,365 | — | 120 | 1,485 |
| 2016 | 1,500 | — | 410 | 1,910 |
| 2015 | 685 | — | 300 | 985 |
| 2014 | 1,105 | — | 230 | 1,335 |
| 2013 | 640 | — | 150 | 790 |
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 €453,897. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,936 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
- 55%
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
- €892
- Owning per month
- €1,912
119.3% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 2,121
- Per 1,000 residents
- 11.2
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 2 times since 1995. The deepest began in 2008.
- Deepest fall
- −14.7%
- Recovery from the low
- 48 months
In 2025 the population grew by 878 while 872 homes were finished: 1.0 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 1.0
- Population change, 2025
- +878
3.5% of the 88,775 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 3.5%
- Empty homes
- 3,100