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Renovation in Venlo
In 2024, 32% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 32%
Homes finished in Venlo, 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 | 170 | — | 80 | 250 |
| 2023 | 335 | — | 175 | 510 |
| 2022 | 255 | — | 210 | 465 |
| 2021 | 365 | — | 150 | 515 |
| 2020 | 270 | — | 160 | 430 |
| 2019 | 180 | — | 115 | 295 |
| 2018 | 255 | — | 120 | 375 |
| 2017 | 110 | — | 125 | 235 |
| 2016 | 130 | — | 210 | 340 |
| 2015 | 150 | — | 145 | 295 |
| 2014 | 105 | — | 35 | 140 |
| 2013 | 195 | — | 35 | 230 |
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 €374,660. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,598 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
- 21%
- Payment, one income
- 42%
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
- €783
- Owning per month
- €1,579
50.2% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 455
- Per 1,000 residents
- 4.4
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 2 times since 1995. The deepest began in 2007.
- Deepest fall
- −15.0%
- Recovery from the low
- 36 months
In 2025 the population grew by 210 while 280 homes were finished: 0.8 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 0.8
- Population change, 2025
- +210
4.2% of the 49,420 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 4.2%
- Empty homes
- 2,070