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Public housing works in Denmark
Public bodies signed DKK 4.7B of housing works here in 2025, and DKK 64.5B since 2017.
- Signed in 2025
- DKK 4.7B
- Per resident, 2025
- DKK 781
Public housing works signed in Denmark
Contract awards for housing construction published on TED by Danish public buyers, by the year published, before VAT. Complete years only; the data runs to September 3, 2026.
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| Year | Value signed |
|---|---|
| 2025 | DKK 4,679,654,800 |
| 2024 | DKK 2,293,752,792 |
| 2023 | DKK 499,235,357 |
| 2022 | DKK 2,370,621,291 |
| 2021 | DKK 47,314,365,442 |
| 2020 | DKK 2,048,930,480 |
| 2019 | DKK 2,615,339,829 |
| 2018 | DKK 1,293,632,572 |
| 2017 | DKK 1,428,220,255 |
Only contracts above the EU thresholds are published on TED, so these are the larger works. A contract is placed in the regions its place of performance names, split evenly; one that names none counts for Denmark only. The value is the award's total.
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Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between DKK 24,169/m² and DKK 26,148/m² by September 2027.
- Expected, September 2027
- DKK 25,158/m²
- Chance of a rise
- 96%
At the average sale price of houses, a 90 m² home costs DKK 1,756,890. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is DKK 7,532 a month. Denmark sets no cap on the payment; lenders treat debt above four times gross income as high.
- Payment, two incomes
- 15%
- Payment, one income
- 31%
Houses sold in Q2 2026 had first been offered at 4.9% more than they fetched. A year ago the gap was +6.0%.
- Gap today
- +4.9%
- Change in a year
- −1.0 pp
25.3% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 24,594
- Per 1,000 residents
- 4.1
Prices of existing homes have fallen by 3% or more 3 times since 1992. The deepest began in Q3 2007.
- Deepest fall
- −21.2%
- Recovery from the low
- 75 months
In 2025 the population grew by 32,946 while 25,465 homes were finished: 1.3 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 1.3
- Population change, 2025
- +32,946
6.5% of the 3,071,410 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 6.5%
- Empty homes
- 198,672
In 2025, 8% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2025
- 8%