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New homes in Waterland

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

Homes licensed for construction in Waterland

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

  • Waterland
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodWaterland
Sep 202652
Aug 202627
Jul 202627
Jun 202633
May 202632
Apr 202647
Mar 202647
Feb 202647
Jan 202647
Dec 202525
Nov 202526
Oct 202526
Sep 2025123
Aug 2025130
Jul 2025130
Jun 2025124
May 2025242
Apr 2025227
Mar 2025231
Feb 2025231
Jan 2025231
Dec 2024257
Nov 2024281
Oct 2024281
Sep 2024184
Aug 2024177
Jul 2024177
Jun 2024176
May 202459
Apr 202465
Mar 202461
Feb 202460
Jan 2024112
Dec 2023141
Nov 2023116
Oct 2023116
Sep 2023155
Aug 2023155
Jul 2023155
Jun 2023158
May 2023355
Apr 2023359
Mar 2023359
Feb 2023361
Jan 2023309
Dec 2022254
Nov 2022254
Oct 2022255
Sep 2022217
Aug 2022217
Jul 2022218
Jun 2022216
May 202220
Apr 202210
Mar 202210
Feb 202210
Jan 202213
Dec 202117
Nov 202121
Oct 202124
Sep 202121
Aug 202122
Jul 202121
Jun 202139
May 202137
Apr 202137
Mar 202141
Feb 202148
Jan 202146
Dec 202042
Nov 202039
Oct 202035
Sep 202036
Aug 202043
Jul 202043
Jun 202024
May 202024
Apr 202039
Mar 202035
Feb 202088
Jan 202087
Dec 201987
Nov 201990
Oct 201991
Sep 201991
Aug 201986
Jul 201987
Jun 201987
May 201993
Apr 201978
Mar 201978
Feb 201917
Jan 201917
Dec 201817
Nov 201814
Oct 201813
Sep 201813
Aug 201810
Jul 20189
Jun 20189
May 20183
Apr 20185
Mar 20186
Feb 201818
Jan 201820
Dec 201745
Nov 201744
Oct 201745
Sep 201744
Aug 201747
Jul 201748
Jun 201770
May 201770
Apr 201768
Mar 201767
Feb 201756
Jan 201755
Dec 201632
Nov 201635
Oct 201634
Sep 201645
Aug 201643
Jul 201643
Jun 201622
May 201622
Apr 201623
Mar 201623
Feb 201622
Jan 201622
Dec 201520

Homes finished and licensed each year in Waterland

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
202518825
202414257
20236141
202287254
2021117
20208142
20194587
20182717
20171545
2016232
20155020
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
10.7

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 €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%

Buy or rent

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

Past cycles

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

People and new homes

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

Empty homes

4.7% of the 7,735 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.

Empty, 2026
4.7%
Empty homes
365

Renovation

In 2024, 40% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2024
40%