House prices in Heerlen
The Heerlen housing market in up-to-date figures: asking prices, price per square metre, what is for sale right now and (unique to Huisverklikker) which homes are dropping in price.
The municipality of Heerlen has, according to Statistics Netherlands (CBS), 87,522 residents. There are currently 303 homes for sale, with an average asking price of € 373,484. Over the past 90 days, 70 asking prices were reduced, by -6.4% on average.
Current supply in Heerlen
The key figures right now: what is for sale, at what price, and how much has recently been sold or reduced.
Overbidding in Heerlen
How often homes sell above the asking price in the Heerlen region, by property type and nationally.
In the NVM region of Zuid-Limburg, which includes Heerlen, 60% of homes sold above the asking price in Q3 2026, on average 2.1% above the last asking price. Nationally that share was 66%, down from 71% a year earlier.
By property type
The region Heerlen belongs to (Q3 2026), alongside the national average.
| Zuid-Limburg region | Whole of the Netherlands | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Above asking | % gap | Above asking | % gap | |
| terraced houses | 71% | +4.3% | 73.8% | +4.3% |
| end-of-terrace houses | 60% | +2.1% | 67.9% | +3.1% |
| semi-detached houses | 62% | +2.6% | 62.5% | +2.3% |
| detached houses | 41% | +0% | 43.7% | -0.1% |
| apartments | 63% | +1.5% | 70.1% | +4.5% |
The “% gap” is the average difference between the last asking and sale price (positive means sold above asking). National = weighted average across all 40 NVM regions by number of transactions, Q3 2026.
Source: NVM, Market overview per region Q3 2026 (the Heerlen region and the property-type-weighted national average across all 40 regions) and Housing market analysis Q3 2026 (national total).
Price drops in Heerlen
Homes whose asking price was recently reduced, each with our full dossier.
Over the past 30 days we tracked 100 price cuts in and around Heerlen, averaging −5.9%. The biggest cut was € 140,000 (Engelbertstraat 2, Valkenburg (LI)). Last updated 19 October.
In Heerlen, an average of 3.8 homes come onto the market each day, against 0.8 price reductions per day. That is a ratio of 20.7%: the higher this share, the more the market is cooling.
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The Heerlen housing market in charts
At the top, the price distribution of the current supply; below it, the multi-year price trend compared with the Netherlands.
Price distribution of the supply
Number of homes for sale per price band (× € 1,000). Hover over a bar for the exact count.
Price trend vs. the Netherlands
Average sale price per year (CBS, existing owner-occupied homes). Hover over a point for the year and amount.
The top chart shows the price distribution of the homes currently for sale in Heerlen, so you can see which price band the supply mostly sits in. The bottom chart shows how the average sale price has developed over the past years (CBS) and compares Heerlen (orange) with the national average (grey). Notably, the price per m² in Heerlen is significantly lower than the national average, at € 3,118 versus € 5,105 nationally.
Between 2019 and 2025, the average sale price in the municipality of Heerlen rose from € 182,279 to € 284,279 (+56%). That puts Heerlen 40.7% below the national average. Source: CBS StatLine, existing owner-occupied homes.
Current market and outlook
The average asking price in Heerlen currently stands at € 373,484. Over the past year, we saw a rise of 5.3% (CBS), pointing to an active housing market in Heerlen. How tight that market is exactly, you can read further down under Market pressure. For up-to-date information on specific homes, see the supply and recent price drops below.
Market pressure in Heerlen
How tight is the market right now, based on our own current supply and sales data.
At the current pace of sales, Heerlen has roughly 3.8 months of supply. That makes it a balanced market (in balance) right now.
For comparison, the official NVM market-tightness indicator for the whole Zuid-Limburg region stood at 3.3 in Q3 2026.
Property types in Heerlen
The current supply in Heerlen, broken down by property type.
| land | 3× | € 302,500 |
| house | 150× | € 419,572 |
| apartment | 149× | € 330,946 |
| parking | 1× | € 11,500 |
Asking price of the current supply; NL = NVM transaction price. Most common in Heerlen: house (150 of the current supply).
Heerlen vs. the Netherlands
Current supply based on our own market data.
| Metric | Heerlen | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| Average asking price | € 373,484 | € 650,587 |
| Price per m² | € 3,118 | € 5,105 |
| Price reductions (90 days) | 70 | 13,801 |
NVM quarterly figures for the Zuid-Limburg region (Q3 2026)
Sales figures from NVM agents in the region of this city, as a benchmark alongside the current supply above.
In the NVM region of Zuid-Limburg, which includes Heerlen, the average transaction price in Q3 2026 was € 351,000 (+1.7% year on year). 932 homes changed hands in the region. Nationally, the average transaction price in Q3 2026 was € 503,000.
Most expensive home for sale in Heerlen
Based on the current supply.
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See all price dropsSources: our own Huisverklikker market data (updated daily), CBS StatLine (residents; sale prices of existing owner-occupied homes), NVM market information and regional NVM market overviews (Q3 2026), supplemented with public market data (reference date 2026-07-19). No rights can be derived from these figures.