Zeist · report
Renovation in Zeist
In 2024, 43% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 43%
Homes finished in Zeist, 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 | 80 | — | 60 | 140 |
| 2023 | 90 | — | 35 | 125 |
| 2022 | 210 | — | 90 | 300 |
| 2021 | 135 | — | 230 | 365 |
| 2020 | 330 | — | 85 | 415 |
| 2019 | 500 | — | 120 | 620 |
| 2018 | 150 | — | 95 | 245 |
| 2017 | 285 | — | 185 | 470 |
| 2016 | 335 | — | 80 | 415 |
| 2015 | 320 | — | 85 | 405 |
| 2014 | 405 | — | 130 | 535 |
| 2013 | 15 | — | 15 | 30 |
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 €663,706. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €2,831 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
- 31%
- Payment, one income
- 63%
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
- €908
- Owning per month
- €2,796
46.0% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 131
- Per 1,000 residents
- 2.0
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 4 times since 1995. The deepest began in 2008.
- Deepest fall
- −28.2%
- Recovery from the low
- 60 months
In 2025 the population fell by 16 while 208 homes were finished.
- Homes finished, 2025
- 208
- Population change, 2025
- −16
4.8% of the 30,470 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 4.8%
- Empty homes
- 1,465