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Drenthe province · report

New homes in Drenthe province

3.1% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
1,371
Per 1,000 residents
2.7

Homes licensed for construction in Drenthe province

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

  • Drenthe province
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodDrenthe province
Sep 20261,371
Aug 20261,465
Jul 20261,406
Jun 20261,374
May 20261,357
Apr 20261,348
Mar 20261,317
Feb 20261,267
Jan 20261,315
Dec 20251,369
Nov 20251,496
Oct 20251,412
Sep 20251,441
Aug 20251,445
Jul 20251,408
Jun 20251,440
May 20251,441
Apr 20251,532
Mar 20251,643
Feb 20251,723
Jan 20251,602
Dec 20241,619
Nov 20241,551
Oct 20241,567
Sep 20241,587
Aug 20241,563
Jul 20241,581
Jun 20241,518
May 20241,543
Apr 20241,467
Mar 20241,387
Feb 20241,363
Jan 20241,310
Dec 20231,351
Nov 20231,239
Oct 20231,214
Sep 20231,318
Aug 20231,299
Jul 20231,298
Jun 20231,352
May 20231,425
Apr 20231,402
Mar 20231,437
Feb 20231,355
Jan 20231,507
Dec 20221,428
Nov 20221,513
Oct 20221,505
Sep 20221,373
Aug 20221,349
Jul 20221,318
Jun 20221,269
May 20221,208
Apr 20221,213
Mar 20221,269
Feb 20221,374
Jan 20221,340
Dec 20211,369
Nov 20211,359
Oct 20211,368
Sep 20211,330
Aug 20211,383
Jul 20211,409
Jun 20211,430
May 20211,462
Apr 20211,485
Mar 20211,451
Feb 20211,401
Jan 20211,275
Dec 20201,379
Nov 20201,402
Oct 20201,460
Sep 20201,477
Aug 20201,405
Jul 20201,429
Jun 20201,380
May 20201,403
Apr 20201,377
Mar 20201,305
Feb 20201,279
Jan 20201,331
Dec 20191,141
Nov 20191,272
Oct 20191,341
Sep 20191,487
Aug 20191,707
Jul 20191,745
Jun 20191,814
May 20191,782
Apr 20191,896
Mar 20191,868
Feb 20191,837
Jan 20191,918
Dec 20182,013
Nov 20181,866
Oct 20181,724
Sep 20181,664
Aug 20181,484
Jul 20181,476
Jun 20181,433
May 20181,435
Apr 20181,406
Mar 20181,425
Feb 20181,412
Jan 20181,333
Dec 20171,304
Nov 20171,301
Oct 20171,312
Sep 20171,241
Aug 20171,248
Jul 20171,172
Jun 20171,257
May 20171,227
Apr 20171,154
Mar 20171,133
Feb 20171,126
Jan 20171,038
Dec 2016950
Nov 2016991
Oct 2016964
Sep 2016924
Aug 2016893
Jul 2016996
Jun 2016881
May 2016952
Apr 2016931
Mar 20161,137
Feb 20161,185
Jan 20161,236
Dec 20151,270

Homes finished and licensed each year in Drenthe province

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
20251,2511,369
20241,3051,619
20231,3121,351
20221,4851,428
20211,7381,369
20201,4891,379
20191,5811,141
20181,3582,013
20171,4491,304
20161,061950
20157841,270
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
2.5

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 €438,736. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,872 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
22%
Payment, one income
44%

Buy or rent

Figures for Netherlands: Drenthe province has no reliable figures of its own.

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
€968
Owning per month
€2,020

Past cycles

Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 5 times since 1995. The deepest began in Q4 2007.

Deepest fall
−19.1%
Recovery from the low
57 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 1,656 while 1,251 homes were finished: 1.3 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
1.3
Population change, 2025
+1,656

Empty homes

3.7% of the 231,095 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.

Empty, 2026
3.7%
Empty homes
8,510

Renovation

In 2024, 26% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2024
26%

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €22.5M of housing works here in 2024, and €23.3M since 2017.

Signed in 2024
€22.5M
Per resident, 2024
€45