Zwolle · report
Renovation in Zwolle
In 2024, 21% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 21%
Homes finished in Zwolle, 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 | 445 | — | 120 | 565 |
| 2023 | 680 | — | 125 | 805 |
| 2022 | 220 | — | 180 | 400 |
| 2021 | 600 | — | 175 | 775 |
| 2020 | 875 | — | 185 | 1,060 |
| 2019 | 640 | — | 265 | 905 |
| 2018 | 805 | — | 400 | 1,205 |
| 2017 | 460 | — | 200 | 660 |
| 2016 | 525 | — | 270 | 795 |
| 2015 | 545 | — | 290 | 835 |
| 2014 | 620 | — | 150 | 770 |
| 2013 | 410 | — | 185 | 595 |
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 €450,913. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,923 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
- 46%
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
- €886
- Owning per month
- €1,900
19.6% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 507
- Per 1,000 residents
- 3.8
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more once since 1995. That fall began in 2008.
- Deepest fall
- −7.0%
- Recovery from the low
- 48 months
In 2025 the population grew by 344 while 608 homes were finished: 0.6 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 0.6
- Population change, 2025
- +344
3.2% of the 62,285 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 3.2%
- Empty homes
- 1,980