Rotterdam · report
Renovation in Rotterdam
In 2024, 43% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 43%
Homes finished in Rotterdam, 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 | 2,885 | — | 2,135 | 5,020 |
| 2023 | 3,215 | — | 670 | 3,885 |
| 2022 | 2,115 | — | 870 | 2,985 |
| 2021 | 1,100 | — | 825 | 1,925 |
| 2020 | 2,005 | — | 890 | 2,895 |
| 2019 | 2,005 | — | 2,500 | 4,505 |
| 2018 | 525 | — | 750 | 1,275 |
| 2017 | 1,525 | — | 780 | 2,305 |
| 2016 | 755 | — | 745 | 1,500 |
| 2015 | 660 | — | 820 | 1,480 |
| 2014 | 1,170 | — | 610 | 1,780 |
| 2013 | 1,590 | — | 550 | 2,140 |
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 €414,579. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,768 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
- 50%
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
- €928
- Owning per month
- €1,747
24.8% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 2,344
- Per 1,000 residents
- 3.5
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 2 times since 1995. The deepest began in 2011.
- Deepest fall
- −10.4%
- Recovery from the low
- 36 months
In 2025 the population grew by 859 while 2,269 homes were finished: 0.4 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 0.4
- Population change, 2025
- +859
6.0% of the 330,620 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 6.0%
- Empty homes
- 19,935