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Denmark homes for sale fall 11% in October 2026

Denmark ended October with 26,141 houses listed for sale, -11.0% on a year earlier, yet Copenhagen ran the other way with 26.2% more on the market.

The facts

  • Finans Danmark, the Danish banking and mortgage association, reported on 9 November 2026 that 26,141 detached and terraced houses were listed for sale at the end of October, -11.0% against the same point a year earlier.
  • The national figure hides a split. East Jutland was down 24.0% over the year, West and South Zealand 14.2% and Funen 13.7%.
  • Copenhagen moved the opposite way, with 26.2% more houses for sale in the city itself and 22.5% more in its suburbs.
  • Average time on market nationally fell from 174 to 162 days over the year, while in Copenhagen city it lengthened from 93 to 114 days.
  • Peter Jayaswal, deputy director for mortgage credit and property finance at Finans Danmark, described the country as not one housing market but many. The statistics count houses advertised online and have been compiled since January 2004.

What it means for your money

  • Choice is shrinking across Jutland and growing fast in Copenhagen. Where you look now decides how much room you have to negotiate.
  • Glopra data put Danish transaction costs at 1.7% of the purchase price, among the lowest of any market on the platform, so a Copenhagen buyer can act on the wider choice without a heavy entry fee.
  • An owner selling in Jutland faces the mirror image: competing listings in East Jutland are down 24.0%, and a listing now sits on the market 162 days on average nationally against 114 days in Copenhagen city.

What to watch

  • Whether the Copenhagen build-up is new supply arriving or demand stepping back. The release counts listings, not sales, so it cannot separate the two.
  • The November edition is due on 9 December 2026 and will show whether the capital's 114 days keeps lengthening.
  • Flats and holiday homes sit outside this release, so it says nothing about the Copenhagen apartment market where most cross-border buyers transact.

Sources: Finans Danmark https://via.ritzau.dk/pressemeddelelse/15272518/faerre-huse-til-salg-men-store-regionale-forskelle-pa-boligmarkedet; Finans Danmark https://finansdanmark.dk/tal-og-data/boligstatistik/boligudbudsstatistik/

Market data: Copenhagen · Denmark