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New homes in Rotterdam

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

Homes licensed for construction in Rotterdam

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

  • Rotterdam
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodRotterdam
Sep 20262,344
Aug 20262,303
Jul 20262,290
Jun 20262,619
May 20262,484
Apr 20262,429
Mar 20262,475
Feb 20263,728
Jan 20264,175
Dec 20254,936
Nov 20255,872
Oct 20257,067
Sep 20257,078
Aug 20257,118
Jul 20257,273
Jun 20257,945
May 20257,992
Apr 20258,114
Mar 20257,997
Feb 20256,146
Jan 20256,637
Dec 20245,817
Nov 20244,862
Oct 20243,314
Sep 20243,210
Aug 20243,168
Jul 20243,026
Jun 20242,215
May 20242,191
Apr 20241,934
Mar 20242,245
Feb 20242,683
Jan 20241,739
Dec 20231,746
Nov 20231,867
Oct 20231,862
Sep 20231,714
Aug 20231,730
Jul 20231,929
Jun 20232,204
May 20232,332
Apr 20232,518
Mar 20231,976
Feb 20232,141
Jan 20232,384
Dec 20222,669
Nov 20223,183
Oct 20223,657
Sep 20224,367
Aug 20224,532
Jul 20224,314
Jun 20224,375
May 20224,232
Apr 20224,269
Mar 20224,477
Feb 20224,064
Jan 20223,981
Dec 20213,906
Nov 20213,420
Oct 20213,389
Sep 20213,089
Aug 20213,303
Jul 20213,354
Jun 20213,035
May 20212,990
Apr 20212,889
Mar 20212,877
Feb 20212,927
Jan 20212,751
Dec 20202,547
Nov 20202,538
Oct 20202,076
Sep 20201,810
Aug 20201,509
Jul 20201,647
Jun 20201,643
May 20201,727
Apr 20201,639
Mar 20201,373
Feb 20201,214
Jan 20201,714
Dec 20191,809
Nov 20191,769
Oct 20191,750
Sep 20191,654
Aug 20191,625
Jul 20191,699
Jun 20191,843
May 20191,799
Apr 20192,242
Mar 20192,205
Feb 20192,217
Jan 20192,266
Dec 20182,173
Nov 20182,436
Oct 20182,572
Sep 20182,625
Aug 20182,665
Jul 20182,402
Jun 20182,350
May 20182,342
Apr 20181,910
Mar 20182,764
Feb 20182,724
Jan 20182,328
Dec 20172,324
Nov 20172,437
Oct 20172,337
Sep 20173,109
Aug 20173,494
Jul 20173,725
Jun 20173,495
May 20173,508
Apr 20173,467
Mar 20172,625
Feb 20172,862
Jan 20172,700
Dec 20162,729
Nov 20162,976
Oct 20162,973
Sep 20162,062
Aug 20161,632
Jul 20161,437
Jun 20161,371
May 20161,381
Apr 20161,401
Mar 20161,411
Feb 20161,267
Jan 20161,370
Dec 20151,357

Homes finished and licensed each year in Rotterdam

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
20252,2694,936
20242,9005,817
20233,2061,746
20222,1132,669
20211,0963,906
20201,9372,547
20192,0061,809
20185252,173
20171,5262,324
20167542,729
20156601,357
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
3.4

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 €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%

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
€928
Owning per month
€1,747

Past cycles

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

People and new homes

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

Empty homes

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

Renovation

In 2024, 43% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2024
43%