Amsterdam increasingly losing residents to the countryside
3 years, 11 months ago

Amsterdam increasingly losing residents to the countryside

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Amsterdam has been losing residents to the countryside since 2015, and the number of Amsterdammers leaving the city behind is increasing every year, Het Parool reported based on figures from realtors' association NVM and Statistics Netherlands. Earlier this week, NVM reported that home prices across the Netherlands increased by 11.6 percent last year. The current Amsterdam coalition of GroenLinks, D66 and SP put the construction of mid-level housing in their coalition agreement, but so far little has come from that, according to the newspaper. A majority recently supported a proposal by city councilor Kevin Kreuger of JA21 for an investigation into how the middle class can be preserved in Amsterdam.

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Dutch home prices will climb 7.5% to average €520,000 next year: DNB
1 week, 5 days ago

Dutch home prices will climb 7.5% to average €520,000 next year: DNB

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Dutch home prices will continue to rise next year and the year after. On average, around 520,000 euros will be needed for a new home next year, De Nederlandsche Bank predicted. In addition, a well-functioning rental market is needed that could “function as a valve for the housing market.” DNB did note that first-time buyers are unlikely to see their …

Mid-range renters out of luck in big cities; 450 candidates per home in Amsterdam
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3 weeks ago

Mid-range renters out of luck in big cities; 450 candidates per home in Amsterdam

NL Times  

People looking for a mid-range rental home in one of the Netherlands’ five large cities are increasingly out of luck. The development in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht, and Eindhoven show the massive amount of pressure on the rental market, Pararius director Jasper de Groot told Parool. The five large cities have a high concentration of tenants and landlords and …

Dutch home prices jumped 11.5% in October; New record
1 month ago

Dutch home prices jumped 11.5% in October; New record

NL Times  

The prices of existing owner-occupied homes in the Netherlands rose sharply again last month. CBS chief economist Peter Hein van Mulligen said last month that the housing market is continuing to overheat. According to the statistics agency, a new home can lead to two or three other homes coming onto the market. ABN Amro economists said in October that some …

€3 million home market is buoyant but renters have less choice
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1 month ago

€3 million home market is buoyant but renters have less choice

Dutch News  

In total 30 homes costing more than €3 million were bought in Amsterdam over the past year, according to research by real estate advisor CBRE. Amsterdam, the agency said, is developing into a “luxury hot spot” within the Netherlands, given that 80% of the top of the market deals are taking place in the Dutch capital. The low prices for …

House prices continue to rise, are up 4% on a year ago
9 months ago

House prices continue to rise, are up 4% on a year ago

Dutch News  

House prices in the Netherlands were up 4.3% in February when compared with the previous year and are now heading back to their record level in July 2022, national statistics office CBS said on Friday. Real estate agents also report that overbidding is once again the norm, particularly on houses that do not require major renovations. The land registry office …

Amsterdam hits housing snag: Construction falls short of target
10 months, 1 week ago

Amsterdam hits housing snag: Construction falls short of target

NL Times  

Despite starting construction on over 5,000 homes in 2023, Amsterdam fell short of its ambitious goal of 7,500 new units, highlighting ongoing challenges in addressing the city's chronic housing shortage. These factors, combined with uncertainties surrounding rental market legislation and high interest rates, have made investors cautious, especially in the mid-priced rental segment, where construction lagged behind expectations. Van Dantzig …

One in five Dutch live in a home that doesn't match their income, lifestyle
1 year, 1 month ago

One in five Dutch live in a home that doesn't match their income, lifestyle

NL Times  

One in five Netherlands residents does not live in a home that matches their income and stage of life, according to a study that I&O Research conducted for Aedes, the association for housing corporations. A small proportion of people who say they do not live in a suitable home indicate they are not looking for another home because it wouldn’t …

Dutch housing update: your options in the current market
1 year, 2 months ago

Dutch housing update: your options in the current market

Dutch News  

What is the latest on house prices? There are a few more homes coming on the market but it is still not what we hoped it would be, says Henk Jansen, founder of mortgage advisory group Expat Mortgages. “People are now overbidding again because there is high demand and low supply, although it is nothing like the situation last year,” …

Dutch housing update: your options in the current market
1 year, 2 months ago

Dutch housing update: your options in the current market

Dutch News  

What is the latest on house prices? There are a few more homes coming on the market but it is still not what we hoped it would be, says Henk Jansen, founder of mortgage advisory group Expat Mortgages. “People are now overbidding again because there is high demand and low supply, although it is nothing like the situation last year,” …

Dutch house prices stabilise after months of decline
1 year, 4 months ago

Dutch house prices stabilise after months of decline

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House prices in the Netherlands now appear to have stabilised, with prices rising a marginal 0.5% in July compared with June, national statistics office CBS said on Tuesday. The year-on-year drop has now been 5.5% for the past three months, indicating that the decline in prices which started last August has now come to an end. House prices had risen …

Dutch house prices stabilise after months of decline
1 year, 4 months ago

Dutch house prices stabilise after months of decline

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House prices in the Netherlands now appear to have stabilised, with prices rising a marginal 0.5% in July compared with June, national statistics office CBS said on Tuesday. The year-on-year drop has now been 5.5% for the past three months, indicating that the decline in prices which started last August has now come to an end. House prices had risen …

More signs that Dutch housing market is recovering: Mortgage adviser
1 year, 8 months ago

More signs that Dutch housing market is recovering: Mortgage adviser

NL Times  

The Dutch housing market is showing more signs of recovering, De Hypotheker reported. The number of mortgage applications to purchase a home increased by 10 percent in the first quarter of 2023 compared to the previous quarter, Het Financieele Dagblad reports. The sharp decrease is mainly due to a huge fall in the number of mortgage applications for refinancing, -92 …

Dutch housing update: house prices, transparency and borrowing
1 year, 10 months ago

Dutch housing update: house prices, transparency and borrowing

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2023 has started up with a flurry of housing news, including a further drop in house prices and predictions of more to come. House prices are continuing to fall House prices fallen for five months in a row as rising interest rates reduce borrowing, according to the Dutch national statistics office CBS. ‘There has been a lot of negative news …

Housing construction at highest level in decade; Still 26% below gov't target
1 year, 10 months ago

Housing construction at highest level in decade; Still 26% below gov't target

NL Times  

Last year, the number of new homes completed was the highest in ten years. But it was still well below the Cabinet’s target of 100,000 new homes per year. In total, over 74,000 new homes were created in the Netherlands last year, an increase of 0.9 percent. The Economic Institute for Construction reported last week that it expects fewer homes …

Dutch housing prices will fall 10 percent over two years, says ABN Amro
1 year, 10 months ago

Dutch housing prices will fall 10 percent over two years, says ABN Amro

NL Times  

Home prices in the Netherlands will fall 10 percent in the coming two years, 6 percent in 2023, and 4 percent in 2024, ABN Amro expects. This is because mortgage interest rates have risen sharply while disposable income is under pressure from inflation,” ABN Amro economist Philip Bokeloh said. The higher mortgage interest rates mean people can borrow less on …

Housing prices to fall 8% in EU with “years of declining” prices in Netherlands
1 year, 11 months ago

Housing prices to fall 8% in EU with “years of declining” prices in Netherlands

NL Times  

Home prices in the Eurozone will fall in the next two years, and the Netherlands and Germany will be hit hardest with a fall of around -8 percent by the end of 2024, according to credit insurer Allianz Trade. “After ten years, this is now coming to an end, and we are heading for years of decline.” In Sweden, home …

Sharpest monthly drop in Dutch housing prices since 2013
2 years ago

Sharpest monthly drop in Dutch housing prices since 2013

NL Times  

Average home sales prices in the Netherlands fell for the fourth month in the row, with November representing the sharpest recorded decrease since May 2013. Owner occupied homes sold in November cost nearly 1 percent less on average than in October, according to data released on Thursday by Statistics Netherlands. Overall, the Dutch Central Bank predicted that home prices will …

Number of people unable to move house doubles in six years
2 years, 1 month ago

Number of people unable to move house doubles in six years

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The number of people unable to move because of a lack of suitable housing has more than doubled in six years. The latest annual survey by WoonOnderzoek Nederland found 900,000 people who wanted to move house in the next two years but could not find a place to live. The problem is particularly acute among young people looking to move …

Number of people unable to move house doubles in six years
2 years, 1 month ago

Number of people unable to move house doubles in six years

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The number of people unable to move because of a lack of suitable housing has more than doubled in six years. The latest annual survey by WoonOnderzoek Nederland found 900,000 people who wanted to move house in the next two years but could not find a place to live. The problem is particularly acute among young people looking to move …

Investors buy up fewer homes to rent out following tax increase
2 years, 1 month ago

Investors buy up fewer homes to rent out following tax increase

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Private investors are buying up fewer houses to rent out than in previous years and in Rotterdam and Amsterdam their share of housing transactions has halved, according to new land registry figures. In the first half of this year, private landlords bought 5,200 properties, compared with 6,000 in the first half of last year and 8,000 four years ago. This …

Investors buy up fewer homes to rent out following tax increase
2 years, 1 month ago

Investors buy up fewer homes to rent out following tax increase

Dutch News  

Private investors are buying up fewer houses to rent out than in previous years and in Rotterdam and Amsterdam their share of housing transactions has halved, according to new land registry figures. In the first half of this year, private landlords bought 5,200 properties, compared with 6,000 in the first half of last year and 8,000 four years ago. This …

Dutch housing price increase continues to slow down; Prices up 14.5% since last July
2 years, 4 months ago

Dutch housing price increase continues to slow down; Prices up 14.5% since last July

NL Times  

The pace of the increase in Dutch housing prices is slowing down, according to figures from Statistics Netherlands. In July, the organization noticed that the price increase was considerably lower for the second month in a row, while again far fewer homes were sold. The national Land Registry recorded 16,417 residential transactions last month, almost 14 percent less than a …

Single average Dutch people have nearly no chance of buying a home: Mortgage advisor
2 years, 4 months ago

Single average Dutch people have nearly no chance of buying a home: Mortgage advisor

NL Times  

For single people with an average income, the chance of finding an affordable owner-occupied home in the Netherlands is virtually nonexistent, mortgage broker De Hypotheker concludes after research. This is mainly because these potential home buyers are able to borrow less than last year due to the increase in mortgage interest rates. "The supply of affordable housing for this group …

Netherlands home prices up 16.6%; Lowest increase in a year
2 years, 5 months ago

Netherlands home prices up 16.6%; Lowest increase in a year

NL Times  

Existing owner-occupied home prices in the Netherlands were 16.6 percent higher in June than the year before, the lowest increases since July 2021. Compared to June 2013, home prices were over 98 percent higher last month. Earlier this month, the realtors association NVM also reported that home price increases are slowing down as the supply in the housing market is …

Dutch home price increases slowing down as supply rises: realtors
2 years, 5 months ago

Dutch home price increases slowing down as supply rises: realtors

NL Times  

The number of homes for sale in the Netherlands increased sharply last quarter, and the rise in house prices is slowing down. Real estate agencies affiliated with the NVM had over 25,300 homes for sale at the end of June, 42 percent more than a year ago and over half more than the first quarter. The absolute madness seems to …

Amsterdam unveils new coalition, with focus on equal opportunities
2 years, 6 months ago

Amsterdam unveils new coalition, with focus on equal opportunities

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Amsterdam’s new coalition administration was formally unveiled on Wednesday morning, pledging to focus on equal opportunities, a sustainable future and responsible growth. ‘The room to manoeuvre is very tight and we have to make choices.’ Among the policy measures unveiled on Wednesday morning were a commitment to invest €60m in shoring up disadvantaged parts of Noord, Nieuw-West and Zuidoost, a …

Amsterdam unveils new coalition, with focus on equal opportunities
2 years, 6 months ago

Amsterdam unveils new coalition, with focus on equal opportunities

Dutch News  

Amsterdam’s new coalition administration was formally unveiled on Wednesday morning, pledging to focus on equal opportunities, a sustainable future and responsible growth. ‘The room to manoeuvre is very tight and we have to make choices.’ Among the policy measures unveiled on Wednesday morning were a commitment to invest €60m in shoring up disadvantaged parts of Noord, Nieuw-West and Zuidoost, a …

The new government has plans to get the housing market moving
2 years, 8 months ago

The new government has plans to get the housing market moving

Dutch News  

Plenty of things have been happening on the housing market since the start of the year, when the Netherlands got a new government. Investors Local councils have already been taking action to try to loosen the grip of the private sector on the housing market – for example by stopping investors buying up cheaper homes and renting them out. The …

More homes in Amsterdam are free market rentals than owner-occupied
2 years, 10 months ago

More homes in Amsterdam are free market rentals than owner-occupied

NL Times  

The buy-to-let and keep-to-let trend has rapidly grown in Amsterdam, to the extent that there are now more expensive free-market rentals in the city than owner-occupied homes. Over the past two years, some 10,000 owner-occupied homes turned into free-market rentals, Amsterdam said in a press release on its biennial Living in Amsterdam survey for 2021. We are building massively in …

Dutch housing prices up 20.4%; Strongest increase in 40 years
2 years, 11 months ago

Dutch housing prices up 20.4%; Strongest increase in 40 years

NL Times  

In December, housing prices in the Netherlands saw the most significant increase in over 40 years. Prices jumped by more than a fifth - at least the strongest rise since Statistics Netherlands started keeping track of these figures in 1995. It's harder to compare with older data, but according to CBS economist Pieter Hein van Mullingen, the last time homes …

Dutch housing prices increased at fourth-fastest rate in EU
2 years, 11 months ago

Dutch housing prices increased at fourth-fastest rate in EU

NL Times  

The Netherlands is in the top five EU countries where home prices increased the most. In the Netherlands, they became almost 17 percent more expensive, according to European stats agency Eurostat. The supply of owner-occupied homes in the Netherlands is dwindling rapidly, the Dutch Association of Real Estate Agents reported earlier this week. Low interest rates probably also factor in …

Middle class squeezed out of housing market; No homes available on €35,000 salary
3 years ago

Middle class squeezed out of housing market; No homes available on €35,000 salary

NL Times  

It is almost impossible for a household with a joint annual income of 35,000 euros or less to buy a house in the Netherlands, the Land Registry reported based on housing market figures for 2017 to 2021. They can only afford 37 percent of homes in the Netherlands, compared to 65 percent four years ago. According to Statistics Netherlands, 4.4 …

Home sales listings have never been so low
3 years, 1 month ago

Home sales listings have never been so low

NL Times  

The number of home sale listings in the Netherlands has never been lower than in the past quarter, mortgage advisor De Hypotheekshop reported based on the Residential Market Monitor. The number of houses sold by NVM estate agents has fallen sharply by 29 percent on an annual basis in the past period. "That is why the supply and demand of …

Home sales dropping as house prices continue to soar
3 years, 2 months ago

Home sales dropping as house prices continue to soar

NL Times  

For the second consecutive quarter, the number of existing homes sold in the Netherlands was lower than the previous year, dropping 13.4 percent. Home prices continued to increase, climbing 17.5 percent on average compared to the third quarter of 2020, Statistics Netherlands reported. In the third quarter of this year, the Land Registry recorded 53,875 residential transactions - 13.4 percent …

Dutch home prices up 16 percent; Biggest increase in 21 years
3 years, 4 months ago

Dutch home prices up 16 percent; Biggest increase in 21 years

NL Times  

In July, existing owner-occupied homes in the Netherlands were 16.3 percent more expensive than the same month last year - the largest price increase since October 2000 when home prices also jumped 16.3 percent, Statistics Netherlands said on Monday. Since the post-credit crisis low point on the Dutch housing market in June 2013, home prices increased steadily to their highest …

Netherlands sees biggest existing home price increase in two decades
3 years, 5 months ago

Netherlands sees biggest existing home price increase in two decades

NL Times  

In the first quarter of 2021, the average price for existing owner-occupied homes increased 10.3 percent compared to a ear earlier, the highest increase in nearly 20 years. The average price for a newly built owner-occupied home was 16.9 percent higher than in the first quarter last year - the biggest increase since 2015, Statistics Netherlands reported on Monday. In …

Netherlands home prices up record 20%
3 years, 5 months ago

Netherlands home prices up record 20%

NL Times  

Prices in the Netherlands' overheated housing market are still skyrocketing. In the second quarter of this year, home buyers paid 410 thousand euros for a home on average - a record increase of nearly 20 percent compared to the same quarter last year, the Dutch association of realtors announced on Thursday. NVM realtors sold over 34 thousand homes in the …

NL home prices up 13%; Biggest increase in 20 years
3 years, 6 months ago

NL home prices up 13%; Biggest increase in 20 years

NL Times  

Home prices in the Netherlands increased by 12.9 percent in May, compared to the same month last year. Possible reasons for this include the many economic support measures, the fact that the catering and entertainment industries were closed for large parts of the year, and travel restrictions making vacations difficult to impossible. Compared to the low point on the Dutch …

Dutch home prices up record 11.5 percent in a year
3 years, 7 months ago

Dutch home prices up record 11.5 percent in a year

NL Times  

The average price of a home in the Netherlands was 11.5% higher in April compared to a year earlier, research done by Statistic Netherlands showed. Home prices have been steadily increasing for nearly eight years now, owing in part to the ongoing housing shortage. CBS suggested such a dramatic difference was likely a result of the removal of property transfer …

Amsterdam to buy social housing from corporations to keep them affordable
3 years, 10 months ago

Amsterdam to buy social housing from corporations to keep them affordable

NL Times  

The municipality of Amsterdam is looking into buying social rental homes from housing corporations in order to make sure they stay on the market as affordable rental housing, a spokesperson for Housing alderman Laurens Ivens confirmed to NOS after reports in Het Parool. Housing corporations have been selling homes to investors and private individuals for some time now, in order …

Pandemic not enough to cool down NL housing market; Prices up 12%
3 years, 11 months ago

Pandemic not enough to cool down NL housing market; Prices up 12%

NL Times  

Even after three quarters of the coronavirus crisis, the Dutch housing market ended 2020 overheated. At the end of last year, an average home in the Netherlands cost 365 thousand euros, 11.6 percent more than at the end of 2019, according to figures released by realtors' association NVM on Thursday, NOS reports. According to NVM, the coronavirus pandemic meant fewer …

Dutch house prices still rising; Groningen homes up 12%
4 years, 1 month ago

Dutch house prices still rising; Groningen homes up 12%

NL Times  

Home prices in the Netherlands are still rising, though there's been a shift in which areas are seeing the biggest increases. Where in past years home prices increased most in the Randstad and especially Amsterdam, it is now the more provincial cities and rural areas that are seeing the biggest jumps, according to figures from online appraiser Calcasa. The province …

Dutch housing prices up 11.6% in third quarter despite Covid crisis
4 years, 2 months ago

Dutch housing prices up 11.6% in third quarter despite Covid crisis

NL Times  

So far it looks like the coronavirus crisis completely ignored the Dutch owner-occupied housing market. In the third quarter a record number of homes were sold at prices nearly 12 percent higher than the same quarter last year, the Dutch association for realtors NVM reported on Thursday. A total of 41,500 homes were sold at an average price of 354 …

NL home prices up 8% to highest level ever
4 years, 3 months ago

NL home prices up 8% to highest level ever

NL Times  

In August, existing home prices in the Netherlands were 8.2 percent higher than in the same month last year - the biggest increase in 1.5 years, Statistics Netherlands said on Monday. A total of 19,034 homes changed ownership in the country in August, nearly 3 percent less than in August 2019, according to figures from the Land Registry. According to …

Quarter of Dutch homeowners unhappy with their home
4 years, 4 months ago

Quarter of Dutch homeowners unhappy with their home

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A quarter of homeowners in the Netherlands are dissatisfied with their home, according to a survey among 1,028 people by Kadasterdata.nl. The main cause for dissatisfaction is the purchase price, with about 10 percent of the homeowners saying they paid too much for their home, RTL Z reports Drenthe residents are most negative about their purchased home, with 21 percent …

Housing prices still rising, fewer homes sold
4 years, 6 months ago

Housing prices still rising, fewer homes sold

NL Times  

The number of homes sold in the Netherlands in May decreased compared to a year ago. Compared to the housing market's low in June 2013, home prices were 47.8 percent higher last month. Last month the Land Registry registered 347 homes sold, 6.9 percent less than in May 2019. Though the total number of homes sold in the first five …

Dutch Home Sales Soar to New Record in Q4 2017
6 years, 11 months ago

Dutch Home Sales Soar to New Record in Q4 2017

Dutch News  

Dutch house sales set a new record in Q4 2017, with over 66,000 homes changing hands. The total bill for the properties reached nearly €18bn, a significant increase from the previous quarter and the year-earlier period. Prices in the four largest cities of Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht were more than 11% higher than in the year-earlier period, with …

Dutch Home Sales Soar to New Record in Q4 2017
6 years, 11 months ago

Dutch Home Sales Soar to New Record in Q4 2017

Dutch News  

Dutch house sales set a new record in Q4 2017, with over 66,000 homes changing hands. The total bill for the properties reached nearly €18bn, a significant increase from the previous quarter and the year-earlier period. Prices in the four largest cities of Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht were more than 11% higher than in the year-earlier period, with …

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