Purmerend · report
Renovation in Purmerend
In 2024, 6% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 6%
Homes finished in Purmerend, 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 | 440 | — | 30 | 470 |
| 2023 | 175 | — | 45 | 220 |
| 2022 | 795 | — | 45 | 840 |
| 2021 | 550 | — | 60 | 610 |
| 2020 | 405 | — | 35 | 440 |
| 2019 | 670 | — | 65 | 735 |
| 2018 | 335 | — | 60 | 395 |
| 2017 | 60 | — | 100 | 160 |
| 2016 | 60 | — | 10 | 70 |
| 2015 | 195 | — | 75 | 270 |
| 2014 | 230 | — | 25 | 255 |
| 2013 | 210 | — | 70 | 280 |
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 €472,491. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €2,015 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
- 23%
- Payment, one income
- 46%
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
- €861
- Owning per month
- €1,991
49.3% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 235
- Per 1,000 residents
- 2.5
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 2 times since 1995. The deepest began in 2008.
- Deepest fall
- −25.7%
- Recovery from the low
- 48 months
In 2025 the population grew by 275 while 348 homes were finished: 0.8 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 0.8
- Population change, 2025
- +275
3.1% of the 43,835 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 3.1%
- Empty homes
- 1,345