The prices of building plots for private single-family homes in Drenthe will have risen by more than 15 percent in 2025. This increase is much higher than the national average. This is evident from new figures from the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), which were published today.
In Drenthe, the price of building land rose by no less than 15.4 percent last year. This trend is immediately noticeable when allocating plots in Drenthe municipalities. The increase follows a period in which demand for self-build locations in the north of the country has increased.
This does not mean that new-build plots in Drenthe have the highest price per square meter. In fact, Drenthe, together with a large part of the Netherlands, including Groningen and Friesland, is still in the category of relatively lower prices. The province of Utrecht has the highest plot price in the Netherlands at 1,412 euros per square meter. The province of Groningen is the lowest, at 384 euros per square meter.
In all these developments, prices appear to rise fastest for building land for terraced houses, by 17.5 percent. Prices for plots of corner houses also became 16.1 percent more expensive, while perhaps unusually, plot prices for semi-detached houses increased the least at 6.9 percent.
Statistics Netherlands points to the limited availability of plots as the reason for the price increase. In Drenthe, space for new construction at specific locations is scarce, while interest in living in the region remains high. The costs of preparing the land for construction by municipalities have also increased, which is passed on in the plot price.
The increase in land prices has direct consequences for the total costs of a new-build home. For future residents in the municipality of Noordenveld, for example, the increase means that a larger part of the available budget will go to the purchase of the land.
