Netherlands · report
Renovation in the Netherlands
In 2024, 22% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 22%
Homes finished in the Netherlands, 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 | 69,195 | — | 19,260 | 88,455 |
| 2023 | 73,680 | — | 19,855 | 93,535 |
| 2022 | 74,650 | — | 22,995 | 97,645 |
| 2021 | 71,255 | — | 24,675 | 95,930 |
| 2020 | 70,080 | — | 21,590 | 91,670 |
| 2019 | 71,610 | — | 21,200 | 92,810 |
| 2018 | 66,780 | — | 21,605 | 88,385 |
| 2017 | 63,040 | — | 19,165 | 82,205 |
| 2016 | 55,060 | — | 19,915 | 74,975 |
| 2015 | 48,450 | — | 21,250 | 69,700 |
| 2014 | 45,510 | — | 15,530 | 61,040 |
| 2013 | 49,975 | — | 18,525 | 68,500 |
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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Sale prices have an 80% chance of landing between €483,170 and €564,960 by September 2027.
- Expected, September 2027
- €524,065
- Chance of a rise
- 73%
At the average sale price, a home costs €504,658. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €2,153 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
- 25%
- Payment, one income
- 51%
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
40.4% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 113,484
- Per 1,000 residents
- 6.3
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 10 times since 1995. The deepest began in August 2008.
- Deepest fall
- −21.3%
- Recovery from the low
- 48 months
In 2025 the population grew by 86,630 while 69,189 homes were finished: 1.3 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 1.3
- Population change, 2025
- +86,630
4.5% of the 8,344,955 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 4.5%
- Empty homes
- 374,445
Public bodies signed €286.6M of housing works here in 2025, and €2.9B since 2017.
- Signed in 2025
- €286.6M
- Per resident, 2025
- €16