Region Syddanmark · report
Renovation in Region Syddanmark
In 2025, 12% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2025
- 12%
Homes finished in Region Syddanmark, 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 | 4,460 | 161 | 442 | 5,063 |
| 2024 | 4,423 | 218 | 427 | 5,068 |
| 2023 | 6,598 | 305 | 357 | 7,260 |
| 2022 | 6,802 | 502 | 387 | 7,691 |
| 2021 | 5,472 | 324 | 519 | 6,315 |
| 2020 | 5,897 | 374 | 603 | 6,874 |
| 2019 | 5,825 | 174 | 672 | 6,671 |
| 2018 | 3,966 | 272 | 581 | 4,819 |
| 2017 | 3,035 | 380 | 537 | 3,952 |
| 2016 | 2,631 | 440 | 798 | 3,869 |
| 2015 | 2,030 | 173 | 321 | 2,524 |
| 2014 | 2,096 | 109 | 313 | 2,518 |
| 2013 | 2,570 | 382 | 308 | 3,260 |
| 2012 | 2,732 | 218 | 302 | 3,252 |
| 2011 | 2,356 | 340 | 259 | 2,955 |
| 2010 | 2,485 | 271 | 348 | 3,104 |
| 2009 | 3,988 | 239 | 177 | 4,404 |
| 2008 | 5,222 | 143 | 252 | 5,617 |
| 2007 | 5,505 | 222 | 190 | 5,917 |
| 2006 | 5,125 | 331 | 341 | 5,797 |
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 Syddanmark
Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between DKK 14,710/m² and DKK 15,836/m² by September 2027.
- Expected, September 2027
- DKK 15,273/m²
- Chance of a rise
- 71%
Figures for Denmark: Region Syddanmark has no reliable figures of its own.
At the average sale price of houses, a 90 m² home costs DKK 1,124,820. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is DKK 4,822 a month. Denmark sets no cap on the payment; lenders treat debt above four times gross income as high.
- Payment, two incomes
- 10%
- Payment, one income
- 20%
Houses sold in Q2 2026 had first been offered at 6.4% more than they fetched. A year ago the gap was +7.0%.
- Gap today
- +6.4%
- Change in a year
- −0.6 pp
49.1% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 2,984
- Per 1,000 residents
- 2.4
Prices of existing homes have fallen by 3% or more 3 times since 1992. The deepest began in Q2 2008.
- Deepest fall
- −19.7%
- Recovery from the low
- 81 months
In 2025 the population grew by 3,522 while 5,063 homes were finished: 0.7 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 0.7
- Population change, 2025
- +3,522
7.6% of the 651,428 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 7.6%
- Empty homes
- 49,415
Public bodies signed DKK 578.5M of housing works here in 2025, and DKK 47.7B since 2017.
- Signed in 2025
- DKK 578.5M
- Per resident, 2025
- DKK 466