Oldambt · report
Renovation in Oldambt
In 2024, 31% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 31%
Homes finished in Oldambt, 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 | 90 | — | 40 | 130 |
| 2023 | 195 | — | 95 | 290 |
| 2022 | 160 | — | 85 | 245 |
| 2021 | 90 | — | 15 | 105 |
| 2020 | 100 | — | 30 | 130 |
| 2019 | 90 | — | 15 | 105 |
| 2018 | 110 | — | 15 | 125 |
| 2017 | 40 | — | 25 | 65 |
| 2016 | 15 | — | 30 | 45 |
| 2015 | 15 | — | 60 | 75 |
| 2014 | 40 | — | 110 | 150 |
| 2013 | 45 | — | 50 | 95 |
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 €327,766. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,398 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
- 19%
- Payment, one income
- 38%
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
- €696
- Owning per month
- €1,381
11.0% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 126
- Per 1,000 residents
- 3.2
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 2 times since 2010. The deepest began in 2011.
- Deepest fall
- −9.3%
- Recovery from the low
- 24 months
In 2025 the population grew by 168 while 68 homes were finished: 2.5 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 2.5
- Population change, 2025
- +168
4.7% of the 19,400 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 4.7%
- Empty homes
- 920