Region Sjælland · report
Renovation in Region Sjælland
In 2025, 14% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2025
- 14%
Homes finished in Region Sjælland, 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 | 2,952 | 169 | 301 | 3,422 |
| 2024 | 3,780 | 184 | 314 | 4,278 |
| 2023 | 4,701 | 188 | 264 | 5,153 |
| 2022 | 4,143 | 202 | 355 | 4,700 |
| 2021 | 3,792 | 205 | 400 | 4,397 |
| 2020 | 3,419 | 166 | 546 | 4,131 |
| 2019 | 2,960 | 228 | 397 | 3,585 |
| 2018 | 1,999 | 147 | 425 | 2,571 |
| 2017 | 1,750 | 122 | 512 | 2,384 |
| 2016 | 1,697 | 142 | 414 | 2,253 |
| 2015 | 1,633 | 89 | 228 | 1,950 |
| 2014 | 968 | 86 | 235 | 1,289 |
| 2013 | 1,402 | 156 | 315 | 1,873 |
| 2012 | 1,513 | 106 | 158 | 1,777 |
| 2011 | 1,245 | 170 | 102 | 1,517 |
| 2010 | 1,376 | 225 | 249 | 1,850 |
| 2009 | 2,446 | 162 | 154 | 2,762 |
| 2008 | 3,922 | 95 | 202 | 4,219 |
| 2007 | 4,140 | 216 | 233 | 4,589 |
| 2006 | 4,797 | 226 | 135 | 5,158 |
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 Sjælland
Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between DKK 22,190/m² and DKK 24,043/m² by September 2027.
- Expected, September 2027
- DKK 23,117/m²
- Chance of a rise
- 100%
Figures for Denmark: Region Sjælland has no reliable figures of its own.
At the average sale price of houses, a 90 m² home costs DKK 1,521,900. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is DKK 6,524 a month. Denmark sets no cap on the payment; lenders treat debt above four times gross income as high.
- Payment, two incomes
- 13%
- Payment, one income
- 27%
Houses sold in Q2 2026 had first been offered at 4.3% more than they fetched. A year ago the gap was +5.7%.
- Gap today
- +4.3%
- Change in a year
- −1.4 pp
18.1% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 3,199
- Per 1,000 residents
- 3.7
Prices of existing homes have fallen by 3% or more 3 times since 1992. The deepest began in Q2 2007.
- Deepest fall
- −31.9%
- Recovery from the low
- 99 months
In 2025 the population grew by 3,216 while 3,422 homes were finished: 0.9 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 0.9
- Population change, 2025
- +3,216
6.5% of the 434,563 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 6.5%
- Empty homes
- 28,141
Public bodies signed DKK 603.9M of housing works here in 2025, and DKK 2.3B since 2017.
- Signed in 2025
- DKK 603.9M
- Per resident, 2025
- DKK 706