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New homes in Utrecht

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

Homes licensed for construction in Utrecht

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

  • Utrecht
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodUtrecht
Sep 20264,623
Aug 20265,198
Jul 20265,234
Jun 20265,481
May 20262,861
Apr 20263,453
Mar 20263,388
Feb 20263,186
Jan 20263,437
Dec 20253,290
Nov 20253,124
Oct 20252,592
Sep 20252,741
Aug 20252,168
Jul 20252,695
Jun 20253,112
May 20253,115
Apr 20252,420
Mar 20252,321
Feb 20252,847
Jan 20252,596
Dec 20242,600
Nov 20242,471
Oct 20243,365
Sep 20243,219
Aug 20243,311
Jul 20243,271
Jun 20242,636
May 20242,837
Apr 20242,867
Mar 20243,440
Feb 20242,915
Jan 20243,307
Dec 20233,643
Nov 20233,826
Oct 20233,315
Sep 20233,483
Aug 20233,912
Jul 20233,398
Jun 20232,951
May 20232,836
Apr 20233,028
Mar 20232,605
Feb 20232,725
Jan 20232,334
Dec 20221,989
Nov 20222,134
Oct 20221,713
Sep 20221,583
Aug 20221,059
Jul 20221,050
Jun 20221,286
May 20221,400
Apr 20221,372
Mar 20221,484
Feb 20221,407
Jan 20221,430
Dec 20211,748
Nov 20211,832
Oct 20211,799
Sep 20212,766
Aug 20212,844
Jul 20212,847
Jun 20212,774
May 20213,051
Apr 20212,836
Mar 20212,717
Feb 20212,819
Jan 20212,896
Dec 20202,666
Nov 20202,808
Oct 20203,567
Sep 20202,741
Aug 20203,344
Jul 20203,436
Jun 20203,301
May 20202,958
Apr 20202,991
Mar 20203,166
Feb 20203,139
Jan 20203,208
Dec 20193,221
Nov 20193,317
Oct 20192,560
Sep 20192,995
Aug 20192,551
Jul 20192,454
Jun 20192,555
May 20192,793
Apr 20192,963
Mar 20192,769
Feb 20192,745
Jan 20192,649
Dec 20182,553
Nov 20182,904
Oct 20183,030
Sep 20182,588
Aug 20182,466
Jul 20182,719
Jun 20182,743
May 20182,378
Apr 20182,933
Mar 20182,906
Feb 20183,596
Jan 20183,553
Dec 20173,723
Nov 20172,846
Oct 20173,197
Sep 20173,360
Aug 20173,389
Jul 20173,816
Jun 20173,804
May 20174,065
Apr 20173,380
Mar 20173,379
Feb 20172,714
Jan 20172,763
Dec 20162,781
Nov 20162,806
Oct 20162,521
Sep 20162,309
Aug 20162,229
Jul 20161,651
Jun 20161,634
May 20161,359
Apr 20161,575
Mar 20161,613
Feb 20161,686
Jan 20161,761
Dec 20151,566

Homes finished and licensed each year in Utrecht

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
20252,6813,290
20241,5842,600
20231,7553,643
20222,9581,989
20212,6401,748
20202,4572,666
20192,4763,221
20182,4512,553
20172,2563,723
20161,8852,781
20151,3451,566
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
7.1

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 €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%

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
€1,068
Owning per month
€2,314

Past cycles

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

People and new homes

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

Empty homes

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

Renovation

In 2024, 22% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2024
22%