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New homes in Zaanstad

4.9% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
1,035
Per 1,000 residents
6.4

Homes licensed for construction in Zaanstad

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

  • Zaanstad
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodZaanstad
Sep 20261,035
Aug 20261,071
Jul 20261,071
Jun 20261,026
May 20261,313
Apr 20261,305
Mar 2026874
Feb 2026980
Jan 2026923
Dec 2025895
Nov 2025876
Oct 2025761
Sep 2025760
Aug 2025618
Jul 2025649
Jun 20251,116
May 20251,053
Apr 20251,279
Mar 20251,580
Feb 20251,418
Jan 20251,467
Dec 20241,728
Nov 20241,750
Oct 20242,177
Sep 20242,402
Aug 20242,508
Jul 20242,585
Jun 20242,120
May 20241,988
Apr 20241,873
Mar 20241,551
Feb 20241,625
Jan 20241,639
Dec 20231,331
Nov 20231,823
Oct 20231,448
Sep 20231,294
Aug 20231,300
Jul 20231,428
Jun 20231,426
May 20231,337
Apr 20231,958
Mar 20232,004
Feb 20231,927
Jan 20231,854
Dec 20221,904
Nov 20221,419
Oct 20221,374
Sep 20221,326
Aug 20221,252
Jul 20221,120
Jun 20221,282
May 20221,226
Apr 2022476
Mar 2022468
Feb 2022482
Jan 2022522
Dec 2021470
Nov 2021809
Oct 2021801
Sep 2021825
Aug 2021963
Jul 2021860
Jun 2021736
May 20211,406
Apr 20211,413
Mar 20211,378
Feb 20211,416
Jan 20211,432
Dec 20201,755
Nov 20201,386
Oct 20201,380
Sep 20201,349
Aug 20201,186
Jul 20201,225
Jun 20201,198
May 2020535
Apr 2020530
Mar 2020530
Feb 2020479
Jan 2020444
Dec 2019122
Nov 2019218
Oct 2019242
Sep 2019237
Aug 2019230
Jul 2019213
Jun 2019225
May 2019219
Apr 2019227
Mar 2019236
Feb 2019279
Jan 2019354
Dec 2018501
Nov 2018467
Oct 2018542
Sep 2018623
Aug 2018647
Jul 2018625
Jun 2018710
May 2018712
Apr 2018723
Mar 2018715
Feb 2018708
Jan 2018705
Dec 2017571
Nov 2017520
Oct 2017422
Sep 2017370
Aug 2017392
Jul 2017392
Jun 2017319
May 2017328
Apr 2017326
Mar 2017333
Feb 2017349
Jan 2017257
Dec 2016249
Nov 2016293
Oct 2016320
Sep 2016288
Aug 2016235
Jul 2016237
Jun 2016211
May 2016238
Apr 2016316
Mar 2016371
Feb 2016418
Jan 2016470
Dec 2015466

Homes finished and licensed each year in Zaanstad

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
2025604895
20241,5461,728
20236941,331
20223701,904
2021632470
20202131,755
2019520122
2018279501
2017396571
2016392249
2015403466
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
3.7

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 €430,833. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,838 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
22%
Payment, one income
44%

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
€867
Owning per month
€1,815

Past cycles

Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 2 times since 1995. The deepest began in 2008.

Deepest fall
−19.3%
Recovery from the low
48 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 2,389 while 604 homes were finished: 4.0 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
4.0
Population change, 2025
+2,389

Empty homes

3.4% of the 73,025 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.

Empty, 2026
3.4%
Empty homes
2,495

Renovation

In 2024, 15% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2024
15%