Buying a house in Groningen: the neighbourhoods that rarely reach Funda
In Groningen a share of the homes change hands without ever being on Funda, above all in the neighbourhoods below. If you want to live there, a personal letter reaches the owners best; each neighbourhood page names the streets people ask about and what the figures say.
In short
- An existing home in the municipality of Groningen sold in 2025 for €397,000 on average, +6.2% on 2024 (CBS StatLine).
- DoorLetter describes 3 neighbourhoods in Groningen: Schildersbuurt, Oranjebuurt, Helpman.
Written by Jiri, estate agent in Maastricht and founder of DoorLetter.
Updated on 5 October 2026.
What a home in Groningen costs
- Average sale price, existing home
- €397,000
- CBS StatLine, municipality of Groningen, 2025
- Change on 2024
- +6.2%
- from €373,000 to €397,000
The average of every existing home sold in the municipality; per neighbourhood it differs a lot. Each neighbourhood page shows the WOZ value and the number of homes.
Every house price in Groningen since 1995, against the province and the country
Neighbourhoods in Groningen
- Buying a house in the Schildersbuurt
The Schildersbuurt is the neighbourhood that people in Groningen want to move to as soon as they find the city centre too busy and still want to live right next to it. A whole town house comes free here when a life changes, and then the buyer is often already known: a colleague from the university, a neighbour who wants to move up, someone who once sent a letter. On Funda you mainly see the flats.
Kraneweg · H.W. Mesdagstraat · Herman Colleniusstraat · Westersingel · postcode 9718
- Buying a house in the Oranjebuurt
The Oranjebuurt is the neighbourhood Groningen people want to move to as soon as they want a whole house with a garden and still be in the city centre by bike. Residents stay a long time. A whole house comes free here when a life changes, and then the buyer is often already known: a neighbour who wants to move up, a colleague from the university, someone who once sent a letter. On Funda you mainly see the upstairs flats.
Stadhouderslaan · Nassaulaan · Prinsesseweg · Oranjesingel · postcode 9717
- Buying a house in Helpman
Helpman is the old village on the south side of Groningen, and the neighbourhood families move to when they find the Schildersbuurt too crowded. They stay. Little comes up for sale, and what does has often gone round at the school or the sports club before an agent is involved. By the time a house is on Funda, the neighbours have usually already had a look on behalf of someone who wants to move in.
Verlengde Hereweg · Helperzoom · Helper Brink · Haydnlaan · postcode 9721, 9722
This page in Dutch: Huis kopen in Groningen.
Write to the owners in Groningen.
Pick a neighbourhood and a few streets, write in your own words why you want to live there, and send your letter. The first letter is free; the owner can reply anonymously with the code in the letter.
Write your first letter