Utrecht · report
Renovation in Utrecht
In 2024, 22% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 22%
Homes finished in Utrecht, 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 | 1,580 | — | 445 | 2,025 |
| 2023 | 1,755 | — | 375 | 2,130 |
| 2022 | 2,955 | — | 370 | 3,325 |
| 2021 | 2,620 | — | 395 | 3,015 |
| 2020 | 2,455 | — | 935 | 3,390 |
| 2019 | 2,465 | — | 560 | 3,025 |
| 2018 | 2,450 | — | 605 | 3,055 |
| 2017 | 2,255 | — | 685 | 2,940 |
| 2016 | 1,885 | — | 530 | 2,415 |
| 2015 | 1,460 | — | 315 | 1,775 |
| 2014 | 1,035 | — | 220 | 1,255 |
| 2013 | 980 | — | 210 | 1,190 |
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 €549,113. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €2,342 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
- 28%
- Payment, one income
- 57%
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
- €1,068
- Owning per month
- €2,314
60.0% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 4,623
- Per 1,000 residents
- 12.3
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 2 times since 1995. The deepest began in 2008.
- Deepest fall
- −13.4%
- Recovery from the low
- 36 months
In 2025 the population grew by 1,369 while 2,681 homes were finished: 0.5 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 0.5
- Population change, 2025
- +1,369
4.5% of the 171,455 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 4.5%
- Empty homes
- 7,725