Dutch housing update: prices are down, interest is up
2 years, 2 months ago

Dutch housing update: prices are down, interest is up

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A round-up of the latest housing news, brought to you by Expat Mortgages. House prices and interest rates There are now real signs that the overheated Dutch housing market is cooling down, as interest rates rise and buyers are faced with less borrowing capacity. ‘After all, think of what you will end up paying in rent.’ Legal changes There was little significant news for house buyers in the September budget, and no shocks about mortgage interest tax breaks – which which will continue to be reduced gradually as planned. ‘There are also signs that people are less willing to overbid, and that estate agents are willing to negotiate prices down for houses that have been for sale for some time.’ How much can I borrow To get a rough idea of how much you can borrow, given interest rates have risen so much, check out the Expat Mortgages mortgage calculator. Upcoming webinars If you would like to find out more about the ins and outs of buying a new home, feel free to join one of Expat Mortgages’ upcoming housing webinars and ask your questions.

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Dutch home sales prices show largest jump in two years, Up 12% to €462,000
1 day, 17 hours ago

Dutch home sales prices show largest jump in two years, Up 12% to €462,000

NL Times  

The average price of existing homes in the Netherlands surged to 461,931 euros in November 2024, reflecting an 11.9 percent increase compared to the same month in 2023, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics and the Land Registry Office. The average price of existing homes in November was 8.4 percent higher than the previous peak observed in July 2022, …

New Dutch mortgages hit record-high €506,000 average in November
3 weeks, 1 day ago

New Dutch mortgages hit record-high €506,000 average in November

NL Times  

The average mortgage value for buying a home in November was almost 506,000 euros - the highest level ever, the mortgage data network HDN reported on Monday. HDN called it striking that, while the prices for existing owner-occupied homes are skyrocketing, prices for newly built homes are remaining quite stable. In November 2020, 15 percent of mortgage applications for newly …

House prices rise again, transactions up 15% on last year
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1 month ago

House prices rise again, transactions up 15% on last year

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Dutch house prices were up 11.5% in October when compared to October 2023, and that is the biggest increase in two years, national statistics agency CBS said on Friday. House prices have been rising steadily since July 2023 after previously peaking in June 2022. Earlier this week the Kadaster land registry office said small landlords are selling more of their …

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 …

People are borrowing more to buy a house as prices rise
1 month, 1 week ago

People are borrowing more to buy a house as prices rise

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Rising house prices and a drop in mortgage interest rates have boosted the average new mortgage in the Netherlands to €346,572, according to mortgage advisory group De Hypotheker. Since then interest rates have gone down slightly and the amount people can borrow, based on the value of the property, has risen. Last week, family spending institute Nibud said with wages …

Dutch business climate has worsened since 2018: PwC
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Dutch business climate has worsened since 2018: PwC

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The business climate in the Netherlands has been deteriorating since 2018, due both to physical restrictions and volatile legislation which is making it difficult to plan long-term investments, according to a report by consultancy PwC. The agency has drawn up a “heat map” based on 60 different indicators across six categories and concludes that while other countries are all facing …

Dutch business climate has worsened since 2018: PwC
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Dutch business climate has worsened since 2018: PwC

Dutch News  

The business climate in the Netherlands has been deteriorating since 2018, due both to physical restrictions and volatile legislation which is making it difficult to plan long-term investments, according to a report by consultancy PwC. The agency has drawn up a “heat map” based on 60 different indicators across six categories and concludes that while other countries are all facing …

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 …

Not everyone benefiting from Dutch prosperity, DNB president says
9 months, 1 week ago

Not everyone benefiting from Dutch prosperity, DNB president says

NL Times  

“We see that while the Dutch economy is doing quite well, it is not working well enough for some groups in society,” De Nederlandsche Bank president Klaas Knot said on Thursday when presenting the DNB’s annual report. Despite sluggish economic growth, the Dutch economy is still running above capacity and escaped a deep recession despite the pandemic and high inflation. …

Dutch inflation rate falls to 3.8 percent in 2023, compared to 10 percent in 2022
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Dutch inflation rate falls to 3.8 percent in 2023, compared to 10 percent in 2022

NL Times  

The annual inflation rate in the Netherlands was estimated at 3.8 percent in 2023, according to the first calculation from Statistics Netherlands. In December, this rate of inflation was still 3.4 percent, compared to 4.2 percent a month earlier and 8.1 percent at the peak in February and March. In December, inflation including the energy bill amounted to 1.2 percent …

Dutch households switching to fixed energy contracts as price ceiling ends
1 year ago

Dutch households switching to fixed energy contracts as price ceiling ends

NL Times  

The number of people switching energy providers is increasing in the Netherlands, as reported by consumer organization Vastelastenbond on Thursday. With the government's support measure ending in 2024, households with variable energy contracts exceeding the price ceiling will lose governmental protection. Research from the Authority for Consumers & Markets shows a growing preference for fixed-rate energy contracts among Dutch consumers. …

Dutch housing market definitely recovering: mortgage advisor
1 year, 1 month ago

Dutch housing market definitely recovering: mortgage advisor

NL Times  

The housing market is definitely recovering, De Hypoheekshop reported based on data from parent company Ingage Franchise for October. In September, the mortgage advisor also saw that the housing market had picked up again and that home prices had risen despite rising mortgage interest rates. Higher interest rates have caused the prices in the housing market to fall slightly since …

Home seekers, sellers expect more overbidding on Dutch housing market: Funda
1 year, 2 months ago

Home seekers, sellers expect more overbidding on Dutch housing market: Funda

NL Times  

Both potential buyers and sellers in the Dutch housing market expect overbidding to increase in the coming period, reported Funda, the Netherlands’ main site for people looking to buy or sell a home. 60 percent of Funda’s respondents said that the current housing supply is very limited - a perception that may increase overbidding as home seekers become desperate to …

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

Dutch housing update: your options in the current market

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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

Dutch News  

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 …

House buyers are borrowing more, as market settles: Hypotheker
1 year, 4 months ago

House buyers are borrowing more, as market settles: Hypotheker

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The average mortgage taken out by clients of the Hypotheker advisory group was up 4% in July when compared to last year which is another indication that the market may be turning, the company said on Friday. The company also reported a 12% increase in mortgage requests in the first quarter compared with the last three months of 2022 and …

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 …

Inflation to remain high, economic growth will slow down, economists say
1 year, 9 months ago

Inflation to remain high, economic growth will slow down, economists say

NL Times  

Inflation in the Netherlands will remain stubbornly high, Rabobank economists noted in a new report about the Dutch economy. The economists said their forecasts are subject to uncertainty as “it is difficult to predict oil, gas, and electricity prices due to their volatility, and we cannot know for certain whether the government will support households and businesses next year, and …

ING expects Dutch home prices to fall even further in 2023
1 year, 9 months ago

ING expects Dutch home prices to fall even further in 2023

NL Times  

Economists at ING predicted an even stronger fall in home prices than previously reported. The main cause of the fall this year will be the strong rise in mortgage interest rates, which rose by an average of 3 percentage points in 2022, according to ING. But according to ING economists, other developments in the housing market have made it more …

Annual inflation rate fell for 4th straight month to 7.6 percent
1 year, 10 months ago

Annual inflation rate fell for 4th straight month to 7.6 percent

NL Times  

Inflation in the Netherlands dropped to 7.6 percent in January, the fourth consecutive month of lower inflation than the month before, Statistics Netherlands reported on Thursday. “In January 2023, energy was 3.4 percent cheaper than in the same month last year. In December 2022, energy was still 52 percent more expensive than one year previously.” Energy is a significant contributor …

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

Dutch housing update: house prices, transparency and borrowing

Dutch News  

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 …

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 …

The housing market in 2022 has been anything but boring
1 year, 11 months ago

The housing market in 2022 has been anything but boring

Dutch News  

Rising interest rates, falling house prices, fewer deals, more properties – the Dutch housing market was far from dull in 2022, says financial advisor José de Boer. For a start, the government is increasing the transfer tax on buy-to-let properties from 8% to 10.4%, in an effort to dissuade people from buying up homes as an investment – so that …

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 …

Dutch housing update: it's not all bad news for buyers and sellers
2 years ago

Dutch housing update: it's not all bad news for buyers and sellers

Dutch News  

A round-up of the latest housing news, brought to you by Expat Mortgages. There is some good news for buyers 2022 may have been a challenging year for buyers and sellers but there is some good news out there, says Henk Jansen, founder of mortgage specialists Expat Mortgages. ‘In the first quarter of next year we will still have fewer …

Dutch home prices to drop 3% next year; Still unaffordable to many: Rabobank
2 years ago

Dutch home prices to drop 3% next year; Still unaffordable to many: Rabobank

NL Times  

Home prices will fall by 3 percent next year, and by another 1.5 percent in 2024, Rabobank expects. But the falling house prices will not automatically lead to more sales, partly due to the rise in the mortgage interest rates. “In the meantime, even two average annual incomes are insufficient to buy an average-priced home,” said De Groot. “We think …

IMF gloomy about stagnating Dutch economy; Prices continue to rise sharply
2 years ago

IMF gloomy about stagnating Dutch economy; Prices continue to rise sharply

NL Times  

The International Monetary Fund is gloomy about the Dutch economy, which will barely show growth next year, according to experts from the fund. The price ceiling for energy that the government is introducing in January cannot prevent life from continuing to become even more expensive across the board next year, the experts say. The experts think that Dutch economic growth …

Energy efficient home? You may be able to get a higher mortgage in 2024
2 years, 1 month ago

Energy efficient home? You may be able to get a higher mortgage in 2024

Dutch News  

Guidelines covering how much people can borrow to finance buying a house will change next year so that people can borrow slightly more, housing minister Hugo de Jonge has announced. But given that wages are also rising and measures are being brought in to curb the impact of energy bills, there is room for people to borrow more, De Jonge …

Energy efficient home? You may be able to get a higher mortgage in 2024
2 years, 1 month ago

Energy efficient home? You may be able to get a higher mortgage in 2024

Dutch News  

Guidelines covering how much people can borrow to finance buying a house will change next year so that people can borrow slightly more, housing minister Hugo de Jonge has announced. But given that wages are also rising and measures are being brought in to curb the impact of energy bills, there is room for people to borrow more, De Jonge …

Netherlands to offer higher mortgages for energy efficient homes from 2024
2 years, 1 month ago

Netherlands to offer higher mortgages for energy efficient homes from 2024

NL Times  

From 2024, Netherlands residents may be able to get a higher mortgage for an energy-efficient home than for a home with a lower energy label. According to Minister Hugo de Jonge for Housing, people who pay less for energy because their homes are well insulated, for example, can responsibly afford a higher mortgage. Currently, mortgage lenders look at the total …

Dutch housing prices could fall 3% next year, 2% in 2024, says Rabobank
2 years, 1 month ago

Dutch housing prices could fall 3% next year, 2% in 2024, says Rabobank

NL Times  

The increasing mortgage interest rates will cool down the Netherlands’ housing market fast, economists at Rabobank expect. “By the end of 2024, home prices are expected to be 7.4 percent lower than today, roughly at the level of the last quarter of 2021,” Rabobank said. If central banks increase the capital interest rates by another 1 percent, house prices will …

Dutch housing update: prices are down, interest is up
2 years, 2 months ago

Dutch housing update: prices are down, interest is up

Dutch News  

A round-up of the latest housing news, brought to you by Expat Mortgages. House prices and interest rates There are now real signs that the overheated Dutch housing market is cooling down, as interest rates rise and buyers are faced with less borrowing capacity. ‘After all, think of what you will end up paying in rent.’ Legal changes There was …

Mortgage interest rates near highest point in eight years
2 years, 2 months ago

Mortgage interest rates near highest point in eight years

NL Times  

Mortgage interest rates in the Netherlands are currently at their highest point since the beginning of 2014. The mortgage adviser blamed the rate hikes on interest rate increases by central banks like the European Central Bank and the American Fed, as well as the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines last week. For comparison, the mortgage interest rate was historically …

Mortgage rates quickly rise to 4 percent after summer dip
2 years, 3 months ago

Mortgage rates quickly rise to 4 percent after summer dip

NL Times  

After a brief summer period where mortgage interest rates declined the average rate was back on the rise in the Netherlands. “Since July, interest rates on the capital market have risen by about 0.90 percentage points, which obviously has consequences for mortgage rates,” the organization wrote. Mortgage rates have jumped up by an average of 0.05 percent or more on …

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 …

New energy contract €4,000 more expensive than a year ago
2 years, 4 months ago

New energy contract €4,000 more expensive than a year ago

NL Times  

Netherlands residents who have to conclude a new energy contract will pay almost 6,500 euros for gas and electricity annually. Energy prices have been rising since May last year, but the Russian invasion of Ukraine exacerbated the increase significantly. For gas, that was 80 cents per cubic meter, and those rates are already rising from 2.50 to 3 euros per …

Netherlands price rises increasingly persistent, widespread: ABN Amro
2 years, 4 months ago

Netherlands price rises increasingly persistent, widespread: ABN Amro

NL Times  

High energy prices are making more and more products and services in the Netherlands more expensive, and the price increases are becoming more persistent, economists at ABN Amro said in response to new inflation figures from Statistics Netherlands. ABN Amro’s experts believe that energy prices will remain high until the end of 2023. “We assume that this can take until …

Dutch inflation above 10% for first time since 1975
2 years, 4 months ago

Dutch inflation above 10% for first time since 1975

NL Times  

Inflation in the Netherlands climbed above 10 percent for the first time since 1975, Statistics Netherlands reported based on its own calculation method. According to the stats office, consumer goods and services were 10.3 percent more expensive in July than in the same month last year. All this led to housing rents rising by 3 percent last month compared to …

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 …

Netherlands in top 4 EU countries with fastest rising home prices
2 years, 5 months ago

Netherlands in top 4 EU countries with fastest rising home prices

NL Times  

The Netherlands is one of the European Union’s leading countries when it comes to increasing house prices. According to data from Statistics Netherlands and the European statistical office Eurostat, housing prices only increased more in the Czech Republic, Estonia, and Hungary. House prices in the Netherlands rose on average by 19.5 percent compared to the first quarter of last year. …

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 …

Confidence in Dutch housing market falling as interest rates rise
2 years, 5 months ago

Confidence in Dutch housing market falling as interest rates rise

NL Times  

Rising mortgage interest rates and increasing nervousness among buyers and sellers are leading to uncertain times in the Dutch housing market, Nieuwsuur reports based on figures from and conversations with various sources in the market. Consumer confidence in the housing market dropped to 87 in June, the lowest point since 2014, homeowners' association Vereniging Eigen Huis said to the program. …

Dutch home prices still climbing, but slowing down
2 years, 7 months ago

Dutch home prices still climbing, but slowing down

NL Times  

House prices in the Netherland rose sharply again in April. But the pace at which home prices are increasing is lower than at the beginning of this year, according to new figures from Statistics Netherlands. "The lowest mortgage interest rates have risen about three times since the beginning of the year," said financial expert Amanda Bulthuis of comparison site Geld.nl. …

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 …

Dutch housing prices rising twice as fast as EU average
2 years, 8 months ago

Dutch housing prices rising twice as fast as EU average

NL Times  

Home prices in the Netherlands were 18.7 percent higher in the last quarter of 2021 than a year earlier. The price increase was almost double the European Union average of 10 percent and puts the Netherlands in the top five EU countries with the fastest increasing home prices, Statistics Netherlands reported. In the fourth quarter of 2021, newly-built homes were …

Mortgage interest rates rise again, but will this impact house prices?
2 years, 10 months ago

Mortgage interest rates rise again, but will this impact house prices?

Dutch News  

Mortgage interest rates in the Netherlands are rising, and have gone up 0.45 of a percentage point to 1.85% for a 20-year fixed rate mortgage, the Financieele Dagblad reported on Tuesday. The sharp increase takes mortgage rates to their highest level since August 2019, and it is, according to experts, unclear when the increase will slow down again. The low …

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