Hofmark, Redemark en Sportmark, Almere

Living in Hofmark, Redemark en Sportmark

Hofmark, Redemark en Sportmark is moderately urban — city amenities without the crush, and the housing is dominated by single-family houses (87%), which is what draws settlers rather than passers-through.

At 6,791 residents per km² the buurt is busy without being packed.

Almere is the Netherlands' youngest city — planned, spacious and car-friendly, with newer housing stock than almost anywhere else in the country. Many residents commute: Amsterdam is around 25 minutes by train, which is exactly the trade many buyers here have chosen.

The housing market in Hofmark, Redemark en Sportmark

At €318,000 average WOZ value, Hofmark, Redemark en Sportmark ranks 106 out of 164 Almere neighborhoods on price — 9% below the city median, leaving room in the budget that pricier neighborhoods would swallow. For scale: Almere's cheapest buurt averages €130,000 and its most expensive €1,212,000, so Hofmark, Redemark en Sportmark sits in the middle band of the city.

The direction of the market: between 2022 and 2025 the average WOZ value here rose from €279,000 to €351,000, up 26% — roughly in step with the rest of the city. WOZ values lag the market by about a year, but the trend itself is reliable.

With 66% of homes owner-occupied, this is a settled buyers' neighborhood — homes change hands regularly, and you can usually find recent comparable sales on the same street to anchor your bid. Settled also means slower: owners here tend to stay, so the best houses may only list once a decade.

Who lives here

Demographically, Hofmark, Redemark en Sportmark is one of the older neighborhoods in the city — seniors form the largest group (28% of its 1,385 residents), followed by 25-to-45 year olds at 25%. Households split into 33% singles and 36% families with children — a real mix rather than one lifestyle. The average household counts 2.2 people.

As for who your neighbors would be: incomes skew modest — 33% of households are in the lower national bracket.

Daily errands, coffee and dinner

Day to day: plan your groceries: the nearest large supermarket is 0.8 km away; this is not a going-out neighborhood — the cafés are elsewhere.

The practical checklist most buyers forget to make: pharmacy 19 min walk · GP 22 min · hospital 4.9 km · library 2.0 km. None of these will decide a purchase on their own, but a GP taking new patients nearby is the kind of thing you only miss after moving.

Families and schools

For families: the nearest primary school is 10 minutes on foot; daycare is well covered (3 locations nearby) — though Dutch waiting lists mean you register the week you know you're expecting, not the week you need it; secondary school is an 8-minute bike ride, which Dutch teenagers do in all weather.

Getting around

Getting around: the nearest train station is 4.4 km out, so day-to-day life here leans on the car or bus; a highway on-ramp 1.5 km away makes car trips easy — check whether through-traffic noise reaches the street you're considering; car ownership is moderate (1.0 per household).

Energy and running costs

97% of homes were built before 2000. Two identical-looking houses on the same street can differ by hundreds of euros a month once heating is counted — the energy label tells you which one you're looking at, and lenders increasingly price it into your mortgage too.

Before you bid in Hofmark, Redemark en Sportmark

Before you bid in Hofmark, Redemark en Sportmark: with many older residents, more homes will come to market here over the coming years than the recent past suggests — patience can pay.

None of these averages can tell you whether the specific house you found is fairly priced — that depends on its size, energy label, state of maintenance and the recent sales around it. That is exactly what a free HomeReview report checks, in about 10 seconds, for any Dutch address.

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