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New homes in Zoetermeer

34.5% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
503
Per 1,000 residents
3.9

Homes licensed for construction in Zoetermeer

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

  • Zoetermeer
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodZoetermeer
Sep 2026503
Aug 2026503
Jul 2026503
Jun 2026502
May 2026486
Apr 2026487
Mar 2026133
Feb 202689
Jan 202689
Dec 2025157
Nov 2025106
Oct 2025105
Sep 2025106
Aug 2025120
Jul 2025136
Jun 2025368
May 2025458
Apr 2025462
Mar 2025463
Feb 2025464
Jan 2025464
Dec 2024396
Nov 2024362
Oct 2024372
Sep 2024371
Aug 2024357
Jul 2024341
Jun 2024110
May 2024241
Apr 2024245
Mar 2024246
Feb 2024246
Jan 2024246
Dec 2023324
Nov 2023323
Oct 2023323
Sep 2023350
Aug 2023435
Jul 2023435
Jun 2023433
May 2023212
Apr 2023203
Mar 2023286
Feb 2023285
Jan 2023348
Dec 2022282
Nov 2022531
Oct 2022616
Sep 2022775
Aug 2022754
Jul 2022754
Jun 2022754
May 2022918
Apr 2022921
Mar 20221,050
Feb 20221,084
Jan 20221,028
Dec 20211,024
Nov 20211,010
Oct 2021915
Sep 2021918
Aug 2021856
Jul 2021856
Jun 2021943
May 2021798
Apr 2021795
Mar 2021594
Feb 2021561
Jan 2021554
Dec 2020546
Nov 2020316
Oct 2020332
Sep 2020205
Aug 2020357
Jul 2020371
Jun 2020298
May 2020293
Apr 2020311
Mar 2020300
Feb 2020301
Jan 2020301
Dec 2019305
Nov 2019317
Oct 2019302
Sep 2019242
Aug 201990
Jul 201991
Jun 2019145
May 2019148
Apr 2019132
Mar 2019153
Feb 2019215
Jan 2019238
Dec 2018238
Nov 2018255
Oct 2018284
Sep 2018305
Aug 2018322
Jul 2018313
Jun 2018247
May 2018244
Apr 2018242
Mar 2018227
Feb 2018194
Jan 2018198
Dec 2017197
Nov 2017163
Oct 2017133
Sep 2017152
Aug 2017133
Jul 2017129
Jun 2017128
May 2017119
Apr 2017135
Mar 2017127
Feb 2017106
Jan 201780
Dec 2016118
Nov 2016129
Oct 2016159
Sep 2016119
Aug 2016148
Jul 2016146
Jun 2016189
May 2016230
Apr 2016247
Mar 2016249
Feb 2016287
Jan 2016387
Dec 2015346

Homes finished and licensed each year in Zoetermeer

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
2025292157
2024678396
2023647324
2022279282
20213141,024
2020169546
2019294305
2018123238
2017212197
2016316118
2015186346
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
2.2

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 €457,889. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,953 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
€931
Owning per month
€1,929

Past cycles

Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more once since 1995. That fall began in 2007.

Deepest fall
−15.3%
Recovery from the low
48 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 976 while 292 homes were finished: 3.3 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
3.3
Population change, 2025
+976

Empty homes

2.9% of the 58,675 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.

Empty, 2026
2.9%
Empty homes
1,730

Renovation

In 2024, 6% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2024
6%