Esbjerg · report
Renovation in Esbjerg
In 2025, 33% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2025
- 33%
Homes finished in Esbjerg, by type of work
Dwellings completed each year in new buildings, by extending buildings and by converting them. Statistics Denmark.
- Conversions
- Extensions
- New buildings
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| Year | New buildings | Extensions | Conversions | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 176 | 6 | 82 | 264 |
| 2024 | 350 | 10 | 47 | 407 |
| 2023 | 413 | 22 | 38 | 473 |
| 2022 | 644 | 5 | 40 | 689 |
| 2021 | 579 | 2 | 27 | 608 |
| 2020 | 409 | 82 | 38 | 529 |
| 2019 | 455 | 4 | 62 | 521 |
| 2018 | 326 | 22 | 67 | 415 |
| 2017 | 140 | 52 | 38 | 230 |
| 2016 | 253 | 2 | 18 | 273 |
| 2015 | 157 | 12 | 11 | 180 |
| 2014 | 193 | 9 | 33 | 235 |
| 2013 | 213 | 5 | 0 | 218 |
| 2012 | 275 | 9 | 12 | 296 |
| 2011 | 219 | 0 | 3 | 222 |
| 2010 | 171 | 5 | 14 | 190 |
| 2009 | 269 | 2 | 1 | 272 |
| 2008 | 274 | 0 | 1 | 275 |
| 2007 | 268 | 0 | 8 | 276 |
| 2006 | 452 | 9 | 22 | 483 |
Statistics Denmark counts dwellings, so renovation that adds no dwelling is not counted. A conversion turns part of a building, or a whole one, into homes.
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Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between DKK 15,509/m² and DKK 17,020/m² by September 2027.
- Expected, September 2027
- DKK 16,265/m²
- Chance of a rise
- 56%
At the average sale price of houses, a 90 m² home costs DKK 1,236,690. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is DKK 5,302 a month. Denmark sets no cap on the payment; lenders treat debt above four times gross income as high.
- Payment, two incomes
- 11%
- Payment, one income
- 22%
Houses sold in Q2 2026 had first been offered at 6.7% more than they fetched. A year ago the gap was +6.9%.
- Gap today
- +6.7%
- Change in a year
- −0.2 pp
48.5% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 241
- Per 1,000 residents
- 2.1
Asking prices have fallen by 3% or more 6 times since 2004. The deepest began in July 2008.
- Deepest fall
- −17.6%
- Recovery from the low
- 75 months
In 2025 the population fell by 200 while 264 homes were finished.
- Homes finished, 2025
- 264
- Population change, 2025
- −200
7.0% of the 61,286 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 7.0%
- Empty homes
- 4,303