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New homes in Opsterland

15.5% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
110
Per 1,000 residents
3.7

Homes licensed for construction in Opsterland

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

  • Opsterland
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodOpsterland
Sep 2026110
Aug 2026107
Jul 2026112
Jun 2026112
May 202675
Apr 202674
Mar 202676
Feb 2026119
Jan 2026114
Dec 2025106
Nov 2025104
Oct 2025131
Sep 2025102
Aug 2025128
Jul 2025122
Jun 2025125
May 2025146
Apr 2025157
Mar 2025147
Feb 2025104
Jan 2025106
Dec 2024107
Nov 2024105
Oct 202481
Sep 202479
Aug 202457
Jul 202458
Jun 202456
May 202438
Apr 202429
Mar 202434
Feb 202437
Jan 202440
Dec 202341
Nov 202342
Oct 202335
Sep 202338
Aug 202361
Jul 202359
Jun 202358
May 2023110
Apr 2023130
Mar 2023166
Feb 2023163
Jan 2023160
Dec 2022163
Nov 2022164
Oct 2022165
Sep 2022188
Aug 2022161
Jul 2022161
Jun 2022164
May 2022109
Apr 202287
Mar 202248
Feb 202251
Jan 202253
Dec 202151
Nov 202155
Oct 202155
Sep 202129
Aug 202145
Jul 202145
Jun 202145
May 202148
Apr 202159
Mar 202163
Feb 202168
Jan 202167
Dec 202065
Nov 202097
Oct 202099
Sep 202099
Aug 202084
Jul 202085
Jun 202091
May 202090
Apr 202083
Mar 202079
Feb 202070
Jan 202068
Dec 201968
Nov 201932
Oct 201931
Sep 201936
Aug 201936
Jul 201936
Jun 201945
May 201949
Apr 201964
Mar 201963
Feb 201965
Jan 201970
Dec 201872
Nov 2018105
Oct 2018116
Sep 2018230
Aug 2018231
Jul 2018232
Jun 2018215
May 2018210
Apr 2018193
Mar 2018193
Feb 2018200
Jan 2018210
Dec 2017206
Nov 2017174
Oct 2017164
Sep 201756
Aug 201755
Jul 201753
Jun 201764
May 201764
Apr 201778
Mar 201779
Feb 201775
Jan 201762
Dec 201662
Nov 201660
Oct 201657
Sep 201647
Aug 201646
Jul 201647
Jun 201635
May 201634
Apr 201618
Mar 201615
Feb 201611
Jan 201610
Dec 201510

Homes finished and licensed each year in Opsterland

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
202577106
2024101107
202310541
202265163
20218751
202012865
201910968
20188272
201761206
20163762
201516310
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
2.6

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 €433,376. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,849 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
21%
Payment, one income
41%

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
€886
Owning per month
€1,826

Past cycles

Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 2 times since 1995. The deepest began in 2007.

Deepest fall
−21.1%
Recovery from the low
72 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 56 while 77 homes were finished: 0.7 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
0.7
Population change, 2025
+56

Empty homes

3.3% of the 13,560 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.

Empty, 2026
3.3%
Empty homes
445

Renovation

In 2024, 17% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2024
17%