København · report
Renovation in København
In 2025, 5% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2025
- 5%
Homes finished in København, 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 | 2,773 | 55 | 92 | 2,920 |
| 2024 | 2,996 | 28 | 138 | 3,162 |
| 2023 | 3,249 | 254 | 366 | 3,869 |
| 2022 | 2,918 | 242 | 370 | 3,530 |
| 2021 | 4,304 | 1,039 | 187 | 5,530 |
| 2020 | 4,742 | 406 | 597 | 5,745 |
| 2019 | 5,723 | 482 | 307 | 6,512 |
| 2018 | 5,258 | 598 | 262 | 6,118 |
| 2017 | 4,719 | 432 | 476 | 5,627 |
| 2016 | 3,654 | 229 | 933 | 4,816 |
| 2015 | 1,751 | 350 | 359 | 2,460 |
| 2014 | 2,201 | 114 | 231 | 2,546 |
| 2013 | 1,115 | 150 | 125 | 1,390 |
| 2012 | 1,053 | 319 | 297 | 1,669 |
| 2011 | 685 | 173 | 111 | 969 |
| 2010 | 559 | 102 | 201 | 862 |
| 2009 | 1,032 | 48 | 29 | 1,109 |
| 2008 | 1,576 | 56 | 52 | 1,684 |
| 2007 | 3,618 | 81 | 253 | 3,952 |
| 2006 | 3,449 | 101 | 118 | 3,668 |
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.
Other reports for København
Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between DKK 65,171/m² and DKK 88,371/m² by September 2027.
- Expected, September 2027
- DKK 76,771/m²
- Chance of a rise
- 36%
At the average sale price of houses, a 90 m² home costs DKK 5,907,780. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is DKK 25,326 a month. Denmark sets no cap on the payment; lenders treat debt above four times gross income as high.
- Payment, two incomes
- 52%
- Payment, one income
- 104%
Houses sold in Q2 2026 had first been offered at 4.6% more than they fetched. A year ago the gap was +3.8%.
- Gap today
- +4.6%
- Change in a year
- +0.8 pp
42.4% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 2,898
- Per 1,000 residents
- 4.3
Asking prices have fallen by 3% or more 7 times since 2004. The deepest began in October 2006.
- Deepest fall
- −23.1%
- Recovery from the low
- 72 months
In 2025 the population grew by 4,626 while 2,920 homes were finished: 1.6 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 1.6
- Population change, 2025
- +4,626
4.8% of the 348,477 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 4.8%
- Empty homes
- 16,711