# Four biggest cities to get 27% of new homes

> The Kadaster, the national land registry, says Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht and The Hague will take a growing share of new-build homes in the coming years.

Housing · published 2026-10-29 06:32 · https://nlnow.nl/a/more-than-a-quarter-of-new-homes-to-rise-in-four-big-cities/

More than a quarter of new homes in the coming years will be built in the four largest municipalities, the Kadaster says after research. Their share was 18% over the past five years and will rise to 27%. The The research is based on homes already permitted or under construction.

The share of apartments will also grow considerably, the Kadaster says, although apartments will become slightly smaller in floor area. The Kadaster says most homes are now being built in the Randstad and in Noord-Brabant, in the latter mainly around Eindhoven, Tilburg, Breda and Den Bosch.

## Background

- **Kadaster**: The Kadaster is the Netherlands' Land Registry and Cadastre agency, the government body that keeps the official public records of land and property ownership and the national cadastral maps. It maintains the Basisregistratie Kadaster, the basic register of real estate and the rights attached to it, which is used by banks, notaries, municipalities and the government. Because it holds these registers, it also publishes analyses of the housing market, such as research on new homes.

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