Valkenswaard · report
Renovation in Valkenswaard
In 2024, 20% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 20%
Homes finished in Valkenswaard, 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 | 120 | — | 30 | 150 |
| 2023 | 150 | — | 40 | 190 |
| 2022 | 95 | — | 30 | 125 |
| 2021 | 55 | — | 45 | 100 |
| 2020 | 75 | — | 10 | 85 |
| 2019 | 180 | — | 25 | 205 |
| 2018 | 115 | — | 10 | 125 |
| 2017 | 105 | — | 30 | 135 |
| 2016 | 190 | — | 30 | 220 |
| 2015 | 150 | — | 20 | 170 |
| 2014 | 90 | — | 35 | 125 |
| 2013 | 120 | — | 50 | 170 |
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 €464,820. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,983 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
- 23%
- Payment, one income
- 46%
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
- €940
- Owning per month
- €1,958
15.5% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 124
- Per 1,000 residents
- 3.9
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 2 times since 1995. The deepest began in 2008.
- Deepest fall
- −20.7%
- Recovery from the low
- 72 months
In 2025 the population fell by 34 while 118 homes were finished.
- Homes finished, 2025
- 118
- Population change, 2025
- −34
4.1% of the 15,495 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 4.1%
- Empty homes
- 635