Waterland · report
Renovation in Waterland
In 2024, 40% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 40%
Homes finished in Waterland, 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 | 15 | — | 10 | 25 |
| 2023 | 5 | — | 5 | 10 |
| 2022 | 85 | — | 5 | 90 |
| 2021 | 0 | — | 10 | 10 |
| 2020 | 80 | — | 20 | 100 |
| 2019 | 45 | — | 5 | 50 |
| 2018 | 25 | — | 0 | 25 |
| 2017 | 15 | — | 5 | 20 |
| 2016 | 0 | — | 15 | 15 |
| 2015 | 50 | — | 10 | 60 |
| 2014 | 150 | — | 0 | 150 |
| 2013 | 35 | — | 5 | 40 |
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 €509,986. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €2,175 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
- 45%
Figures for Netherlands: Waterland has no reliable figures of its own.
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
- €968
- Owning per month
- €2,020
44.0% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 52
- Per 1,000 residents
- 3.0
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 4 times since 1995. The deepest began in 2009.
- Deepest fall
- −28.7%
- Recovery from the low
- 48 months
In 2025 the population grew by 172 while 188 homes were finished: 0.9 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 0.9
- Population change, 2025
- +172
4.7% of the 7,735 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 4.7%
- Empty homes
- 365