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Renovation in Denmark
In 2025, 8% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2025
- 8%
Homes finished in Denmark, 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 | 22,518 | 658 | 1,305 | 24,481 |
| 2024 | 25,265 | 1,234 | 1,551 | 28,050 |
| 2023 | 34,961 | 1,413 | 1,793 | 38,167 |
| 2022 | 36,441 | 2,081 | 2,137 | 40,659 |
| 2021 | 32,532 | 2,294 | 1,879 | 36,705 |
| 2020 | 33,729 | 1,993 | 3,339 | 39,061 |
| 2019 | 30,390 | 1,456 | 2,683 | 34,529 |
| 2018 | 24,387 | 1,846 | 2,725 | 28,958 |
| 2017 | 21,271 | 1,813 | 2,693 | 25,777 |
| 2016 | 16,507 | 1,664 | 3,012 | 21,183 |
| 2015 | 12,138 | 1,360 | 1,703 | 15,201 |
| 2014 | 12,775 | 981 | 2,077 | 15,833 |
| 2013 | 13,643 | 1,395 | 1,679 | 16,717 |
| 2012 | 14,665 | 1,605 | 1,662 | 17,932 |
| 2011 | 10,995 | 1,192 | 1,379 | 13,566 |
| 2010 | 9,449 | 1,540 | 1,504 | 12,493 |
| 2009 | 17,267 | 869 | 871 | 19,007 |
| 2008 | 24,810 | 877 | 1,128 | 26,815 |
| 2007 | 28,773 | 1,228 | 1,319 | 31,320 |
| 2006 | 26,363 | 1,491 | 1,152 | 29,006 |
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.
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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
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