Soest · report
Renovation in Soest
In 2024, 17% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 17%
Homes finished in Soest, 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 | 150 | — | 30 | 180 |
| 2023 | 150 | — | 45 | 195 |
| 2022 | 85 | — | 40 | 125 |
| 2021 | 145 | — | 55 | 200 |
| 2020 | 235 | — | 60 | 295 |
| 2019 | 135 | — | 20 | 155 |
| 2018 | 95 | — | 15 | 110 |
| 2017 | 120 | — | 15 | 135 |
| 2016 | 60 | — | 30 | 90 |
| 2015 | 25 | — | 20 | 45 |
| 2014 | 10 | — | 20 | 30 |
| 2013 | 55 | — | 80 | 135 |
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 €585,095. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €2,496 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
- 26%
- Payment, one income
- 52%
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
- €927
- Owning per month
- €2,465
142.3% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 391
- Per 1,000 residents
- 8.1
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 4 times since 1995. The deepest began in 2007.
- Deepest fall
- −19.7%
- Recovery from the low
- 48 months
In 2025 the population fell by 145 while 37 homes were finished.
- Homes finished, 2025
- 37
- Population change, 2025
- −145
3.2% of the 21,540 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 3.2%
- Empty homes
- 695