Region Hovedstaden · report
Renovation in Region Hovedstaden
In 2025, 4% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2025
- 4%
Homes finished in Region Hovedstaden, 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 | 7,692 | 131 | 189 | 8,012 |
| 2024 | 9,250 | 245 | 307 | 9,802 |
| 2023 | 11,075 | 498 | 662 | 12,235 |
| 2022 | 9,807 | 886 | 644 | 11,337 |
| 2021 | 10,687 | 1,163 | 390 | 12,240 |
| 2020 | 9,488 | 755 | 1,133 | 11,376 |
| 2019 | 9,755 | 683 | 767 | 11,205 |
| 2018 | 8,592 | 678 | 811 | 10,081 |
| 2017 | 7,654 | 600 | 707 | 8,961 |
| 2016 | 5,663 | 350 | 1,057 | 7,070 |
| 2015 | 3,318 | 423 | 499 | 4,240 |
| 2014 | 3,884 | 252 | 345 | 4,481 |
| 2013 | 3,201 | 314 | 213 | 3,728 |
| 2012 | 3,180 | 413 | 427 | 4,020 |
| 2011 | 2,444 | 264 | 212 | 2,920 |
| 2010 | 1,824 | 452 | 426 | 2,702 |
| 2009 | 3,331 | 142 | 124 | 3,597 |
| 2008 | 5,643 | 247 | 159 | 6,049 |
| 2007 | 8,137 | 180 | 336 | 8,653 |
| 2006 | 7,819 | 419 | 188 | 8,426 |
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 Region Hovedstaden
Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between DKK 52,176/m² and DKK 56,952/m² by September 2027.
- Expected, September 2027
- DKK 54,564/m²
- Chance of a rise
- 93%
Figures for Denmark: Region Hovedstaden has no reliable figures of its own.
At the average sale price of houses, a 90 m² home costs DKK 3,747,600. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is DKK 16,066 a month. Denmark sets no cap on the payment; lenders treat debt above four times gross income as high.
- Payment, two incomes
- 33%
- Payment, one income
- 66%
Houses sold in Q2 2026 had first been offered at 4.0% more than they fetched. A year ago the gap was +4.9%.
- Gap today
- +4.0%
- Change in a year
- −0.9 pp
42.7% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 6,140
- Per 1,000 residents
- 3.2
Prices of existing homes have fallen by 3% or more 3 times since 1992. The deepest began in Q3 2006.
- Deepest fall
- −29.9%
- Recovery from the low
- 108 months
In 2025 the population grew by 16,332 while 8,012 homes were finished: 2.0 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 2.0
- Population change, 2025
- +16,332
4.4% of the 957,541 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 4.4%
- Empty homes
- 42,606
Public bodies signed DKK 1.5B of housing works here in 2025, and DKK 6.7B since 2017.
- Signed in 2025
- DKK 1.5B
- Per resident, 2025
- DKK 775