Amsterdam region to build 60,000 homes by 2020
8 years, 3 months ago

Amsterdam region to build 60,000 homes by 2020

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Amsterdam and its surrounding municipalities plan to build 60 thousand homes in the region by 2020 - about 20 thousand more than in the original plans for the region in the period to 2020, Amsterdam alderman Laurens Ivens of Housing announced on Monday. The Amsterdam region decided to boost the construction of new homes after a problem was noticed about a year ago - the number of households in the region is expected to grow by almost 68 thousand by 2020. The firm concluded that building 69,900 new homes in the next four years is feasible, according to the report Ivens presented on Monday. Another problem facing the Amsterdam region, is that construction is become increasingly complex in the region, one of the authors of the Fakton report, Erwin Daalhuisen, said to Het Parool.

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Amsterdam misses housing goals again amid rising costs and stagnation
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Amsterdam misses housing goals again amid rising costs and stagnation

NL Times  

Amsterdam has once again failed to meet its housing construction target, with only 4,541 new homes breaking ground in 2024, far below the annual goal of 7,500. "The housing market is under pressure, but we continue to push forward," said Reinier van Dantzig, Amsterdam’s alderman for housing. In addition to social housing, the city started construction on 1,006 mid-priced rental …

Utrecht to start construction on largest car-free neighborhood in the country next week
1 month ago

Utrecht to start construction on largest car-free neighborhood in the country next week

NL Times  

Construction of a new neighborhood is set to begin in Utrecht next week. The neighborhood, called Merwede, is scheduled to be the largest car-free district in the Netherlands, with 6,000 homes. The area consists of 1,800 social rental homes, 1,500 mid-range rental and affordable owner-occupied homes, and 2,700 private sector rental and owner-occupied homes, according to the municipality. Merwede is …

Housing permits surged in the Netherlands in 2024; Highest levels in a decade
1 month ago

Housing permits surged in the Netherlands in 2024; Highest levels in a decade

NL Times  

The number of building permits issued for new homes in the Netherlands surged by 21 percent in 2024 compared to the previous year, according to new data from the Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. Zuid-Holland had the highest number of building permits issued in 2024, with nearly 18,000 new homes approved. In contrast, Drenthe saw the fewest permits issued, with …

Housing construction dip: Only 82,000 new homes created last year
2 months ago

Housing construction dip: Only 82,000 new homes created last year

NL Times  

Last year, approximately 82,000 homes were added to the Netherlands’ housing stock through new construction or the renovation of other buildings. That is not only lower than in the previous six years but is also far from the target of 100,000 new homes per year. A production of 100,000 homes per year is important to tackle the housing crisis and …

Eindhoven will need 20,000 more homes by 2030 to accommodate ASML growth
9 months ago

Eindhoven will need 20,000 more homes by 2030 to accommodate ASML growth

NL Times  

Eindhoven will have to quickly adapt its housing construction plans to accommodate ASML’s planned growth in the city, Eindhovens Dagblad reports based on new research. The city will need almost 20,000 more homes by 2030 than previously thought, and its current focus on social and affordable housing will have to go because the highly educated, well-paid employees ASML attracts are …

Netherlands could create 60,000 homes by transforming office buildings near highways
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Netherlands could create 60,000 homes by transforming office buildings near highways

NL Times  

The Netherlands can create homes for over 60,000 households by transforming office buildings on the edges of cities and close to highways, according to real estate advisor Colliers. Colliers identified 18 highway locations where the government could turn increasingly vacant office buildings into housing. “Although housing construction close to highways is still unusual, a project like The Mayor on the …

Amsterdam hits housing snag: Construction falls short of target
1 year, 1 month 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 …

Amsterdam to create 20,000 new homes in existing neighborhoods
1 year, 1 month ago

Amsterdam to create 20,000 new homes in existing neighborhoods

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Amsterdam is changing its housing construction strategy. Instead of building homes in business districts or creating new neighborhoods like in recent years, the city will create 20,000 new homes in existing neighborhoods that need more investment. This way, Amsterdam will remain a good and pleasant city for all its residents in the future.” With the densification, Amsterdam will also invest …

New housing construction way below Cabinet targets; Plans for 130K homes in Brabant
2 years ago

New housing construction way below Cabinet targets; Plans for 130K homes in Brabant

NL Times  

Eight of the 12 Dutch provinces are hopelessly behind in achieving their targets for housing construction, according to research by the Economic Institute for Construction. Noord-Holland managed around 17,000 new homes in 2021, also well below the Cabinet’s 22,000 target for the province. The national government wants 100,000 new homes built yearly to solve the housing shortage. 130,600 homes in …

Housing construction at highest level in decade; Still 26% below gov't target
2 years, 1 month 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 …

Dividing bigger homes could create 500,000 new ones in Netherlands
2 years, 9 months ago

Dividing bigger homes could create 500,000 new ones in Netherlands

NL Times  

Dividing existing homes in the Netherlands could create up to or more than half a million additional independent homes, according to a housing market analysis by BLG Wonen, a subsidiary of the Volksbank. BLG calculated how many owner-occupied homes with a usable surface of over 150 square meters or a plot of 750 square meters are occupied by two or …

Far fewer housing construction permits issued in first quarter
2 years, 10 months ago

Far fewer housing construction permits issued in first quarter

NL Times  

While the construction sector in the Netherlands had a good first quarter of 2022 with a higher turnover, the number of permits for housing construction issued dropped significantly, Statistics Netherlands reported. Permits were issued for the construction of some 16,600 homes - almost 13 percent less than a year earlier. The number of construction permits issued is a good indicator …

The new government has plans to get the housing market moving
2 years, 11 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 …

Netherlands won't manage to build 1 million homes in 10 years
3 years ago

Netherlands won't manage to build 1 million homes in 10 years

NL Times  

The Netherlands won't manage to build a million homes in the next ten years, people involved said to newspaper AD. According to Van Zanen, municipalities will need at least 2 billion euros extra per year to achieve the government's housing construction goals. According to Verhagen, it is impossible to build 100,000 new homes per year if you work traditionally. The …

More than 79,000 new homes planned for The Hague region
3 years, 3 months ago

More than 79,000 new homes planned for The Hague region

NL Times  

Over 79,000 new homes will be built in the Haaglanden region in the coming years, including more social housing units. The housing shortage in the region is continuing to increase and the need to build new homes is great, according to the parties involved. In order to ensure that sufficient housing is available by 2030, we are substantially adding more …

Fewer office conversions, but over 80,000 new homes were created last year
3 years, 4 months ago

Fewer office conversions, but over 80,000 new homes were created last year

Dutch News  

Fewer homes were developed in empty offices and other redundant buildings last year, according to new figures from national statistics agency CBS. Even though there were fewer conversions, the number of new homes created in the Netherlands last year reached 80,200 – well above the government’s target of 75,000, the home affairs ministry said. Square metres In July, real estate …

Fewer office conversions, but over 80,000 new homes were created last year
3 years, 4 months ago

Fewer office conversions, but over 80,000 new homes were created last year

Dutch News  

Fewer homes were developed in empty offices and other redundant buildings last year, according to new figures from national statistics agency CBS. Even though there were fewer conversions, the number of new homes created in the Netherlands last year reached 80,200 – well above the government’s target of 75,000, the home affairs ministry said. Square metres In July, real estate …

Housing market milestone: Netherlands now has 8 million homes
3 years, 7 months ago

Housing market milestone: Netherlands now has 8 million homes

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The Dutch housing market reached an important milestone in June - the 8 millionth home was added to the Netherlands' housing stock, Statistics Netherlands reported on Thursday. A total of 39 thousand homes were added to the Netherlands' housing stock in the first six months of 2021. In the war years, the housing stock decreased by 104 thousand homes on …

Amsterdam to buy social housing from corporations to keep them affordable
4 years, 1 month ago

Amsterdam to buy social housing from corporations to keep them affordable

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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 …

Amsterdam increasingly losing residents to the countryside
4 years, 2 months ago

Amsterdam increasingly losing residents to the countryside

NL Times  

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 …

Housing companies want gov't to do more to combat housing shortage
4 years, 9 months ago

Housing companies want gov't to do more to combat housing shortage

NL Times  

Seventeen organizations involved in the housing market - from construction companies to real estate organizations - submitted a plan to the government on how to avoid a scenario similar to the credit crisis. According to the organizations, united in the Residential Building Alliance, at least 90 thousand homes need to be built per year until 2030. Earlier this week, a …

Housing shortage: 845,000 homes must be built by 2030
4 years, 9 months ago

Housing shortage: 845,000 homes must be built by 2030

NL Times  

In the coming decade, 845 thousand new homes must be created in the Netherlands to prevent the housing shortage from rising further, according to the report State of the housing market 2020 that Minister Kasja Ollongren of Home Affairs presented to parliament, NOS reports. In that year, the Netherlands is expected to have 18.8 million inhabitants - which means that …

Permits for just 77 new homes granted in Amsterdam in 2019 Q4
5 years ago

Permits for just 77 new homes granted in Amsterdam in 2019 Q4

Dutch News  

Amsterdam city council handed out permits for just 77 new homes in the final quarter of last year, down 95% on the previous year, according to an analysis by ABN Amro economists. In total, said Buijs, the number of permits for new housing fell by almost one fifth last year, to a total of 57,380. Last month, officials in Amsterdam …

Permits for just 77 new homes granted in Amsterdam in 2019 Q4
5 years ago

Permits for just 77 new homes granted in Amsterdam in 2019 Q4

Dutch News  

Amsterdam city council handed out permits for just 77 new homes in the final quarter of last year, down 95% on the previous year, according to an analysis by ABN Amro economists. In total, said Buijs, the number of permits for new housing fell by almost one fifth last year, to a total of 57,380. Last month, officials in Amsterdam …

Fewer owner-occupied homes in Amsterdam as investors buy-to-let
5 years, 1 month ago

Fewer owner-occupied homes in Amsterdam as investors buy-to-let

NL Times  

For the first time in years, the number of owner-occupied homes in Amsterdam decreased in 2019. Despite 1,400 new owner-occupied homes being built last year, the total number of owner-occupied homes in the Dutch capital decreased from 139,300 in 2017 to 136,200 in 2019, according to figures the municipality released, Het Parool reports. The number of rental properties owned by …

Nearly 71,000 new homes built last year; most in a decade
5 years, 1 month ago

Nearly 71,000 new homes built last year; most in a decade

NL Times  

Last year, nearly 71 thousand new homes were built and delivered in the Netherlands, over 6 percent more than in 2018 and the biggest increase in a decade, Statistics Netherlands reported on Wednesday. If divisions of houses and transformation of existing buildings are also taken into account, the Netherlands got a total of 77 thousand new homes last year - …

Netherlands housing shortage to reduce somewhat in coming years
5 years, 5 months ago

Netherlands housing shortage to reduce somewhat in coming years

NL Times  

In the coming years, the construction backlog on the number of homes in the Netherlands will be partially made up, according to a forecast by Statistics Netherlands and the Netherlands environmental assessment agency PBL. The number of households in the Netherlands is expected to grow less rapidly in the coming years. From now up till and including 2045, the growth …

Fewer construction permits issued in NL as middle-class struggle to find homes
5 years, 7 months ago

Fewer construction permits issued in NL as middle-class struggle to find homes

NL Times  

In the second quarter of this year, 12.8 thousand permits were issued to build new homes - the lowest number in three years and 14 percent less than in the second quarter of 2018, Statistics Netherlands reported on Thursday. The permitted building sum for the new construction and renovations of homes was also nearly 15 percent less than the second …

Amsterdam region to get 230,000 new affordable homes; 100K ready by 2025
5 years, 8 months ago

Amsterdam region to get 230,000 new affordable homes; 100K ready by 2025

NL Times  

Amsterdam mayor Femke Halsema and Minister Kasja Ollongren of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations signed a new Housing Deal for the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area on Friday. The two provinces in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Region pushed 2.9 million euros into a "flexible pool of experts" with the goal of accelerating these construction plans. Amsterdam and the government also want to ensure …

Strong economic growth, lower unemployment expected for Amsterdam region
6 years, 9 months ago

Strong economic growth, lower unemployment expected for Amsterdam region

NL Times  

The Amsterdam Metropolitan Region developed strongly after the financial crisis and will continue to do so in the coming years, according to the Economic Outlook Metropolitan Region Amsterdam 2018 that the city of Amsterdam published on Wednesday. The the expected economic growth for the region, which consists of 33 municipalities and around 2.5 million inhabitants, is 3.7 percent for this …

Netherlands housing shortage to last through 2020: Report
7 years, 1 month ago

Netherlands housing shortage to last through 2020: Report

NL Times  

The housing shortage in the Netherlands is estimated to keep growing until 2020, reaching a peak around the end of 2018, according to a study by real estate advisor Capital Value in collaboration with ABF Research, NU.nl reports. "In order to reduce the housing shortage to more normal proportions in five years time, the estimated expansion will have to be …

Amsterdam tackles housing shortage with 27,000 new homes in past four years
7 years, 3 months ago

Amsterdam tackles housing shortage with 27,000 new homes in past four years

NL Times  

In an effort to deal with the housing shortage in Amsterdam, a massive 27 thousand new homes were built in the Dutch capital over the past four years of the city coalition's reign. The Amsterdam coalition aimed to build 5 thousand homes per year in its four year term. This ambition was more than met, with construction on an average …

Amsterdam set to build massive new harbor district, up to 70k new homes
7 years, 4 months ago

Amsterdam set to build massive new harbor district, up to 70k new homes

NL Times  

The Amsterdam college of mayor and aldermen announced plans for a brand new harbor district that will be built in the coming decades. The city plans to divide the housing in the new district into 40 percent social housing, 40 percent expensive housing and 20 percent free sector housing. The aim is to limit car traffic in the new district …

Amsterdam to prioritize low-rent homes in new construction projects
7 years, 9 months ago

Amsterdam to prioritize low-rent homes in new construction projects

NL Times  

Amsterdam is committed to creating more housing for people with low- or mid-level incomes. To realize this, the municipality is implementing a ratio for new construction projects - 40 percent social housing, 40 percent mid-level rents and 20 percent expensive housing, the city announced in a press release. According to the city's Housing Agenda 2025, Amsterdam has a definite deficit …

Amsterdam student housing shortage getting worse, needs urgent attention: Assoc.
7 years, 9 months ago

Amsterdam student housing shortage getting worse, needs urgent attention: Assoc.

NL Times  

The student housing shortage in Amsterdam is getting worse and worse, and if nothing is done about it, students will start opting for universities in other Dutch cities, a group of Amsterdam universities, colleges and housing corporations said in an urgent call to the municipality. According to them, Amsterdam needs at least 2 thousand new student homes per year, Het …

Amsterdam to convert more office buildings into homes
8 years ago

Amsterdam to convert more office buildings into homes

NL Times  

Last year Amsterdam created 1,370 new homes in the city by converting unused office buildings. Over the next two years another 250 vacant office buildings will be converted, creating an estimated 4 thousand new homes, the city announced in a press release. "We want to continue to rebuild vacant buildings into homes in the coming years", Housing alderman Laurens Ivens …

Amsterdam housing prices leaped 23 percent in one year
8 years, 2 months ago

Amsterdam housing prices leaped 23 percent in one year

NL Times  

Housing prices in Amsterdam increased a massive 23 percent last year, according to figures from the Dutch association of realtors NVM. The national average housing price increase was 9 percent, RTL Nieuws reports. Yet despite the great demand for housing in the Dutch capital, the number of homes sold in the city fell by almost 17 percent last year. To …

Some 18,000 homes to be built in Amsterdam harbors
8 years, 4 months ago

Some 18,000 homes to be built in Amsterdam harbors

NL Times  

The Amterdam mayor and aldermen approved a Harbor City memorandum on Tuesday which states that at least 18 thousand homes will be built in the Dutch capital's harbors by 2040, Het Parool reports. That is nearly twice as many homes as agreed upon three years ago, according tot he newspaper. That would mean there is room for 40 thousand homes …

Million-euro homes sell out quickly in Amsterdam
9 years ago

Million-euro homes sell out quickly in Amsterdam

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The past years showed an increasing number and demand for million-euro homes in the Amsterdam housing market. In the Greater Amsterdam region, the number of homes worth over a million euros increased by 31.3 percent compared to 2014. 99 percent of the houses in this neighborhood costs more than a million euros and the price per square meter is 5,250 …

Amsterdam home prices jump 18 pct. in two years
9 years, 4 months ago

Amsterdam home prices jump 18 pct. in two years

NL Times  

Prices of homes in the capital, Amsterdam, have risen by 18 percent in the past two years. Amsterdam is also the only one of large cities in the Netherlands to be above pre-crisis level in the number of homes sold - in the first three quarters of this year 18 percent more houses were sold than in the same period …

Amsterdam getting 6,000 new low-rent homes
9 years, 9 months ago

Amsterdam getting 6,000 new low-rent homes

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The Amsterdam Tenants Association, housing corporations and the municipality set a goal of making apartments in the city more affordable for low- and middle-income groups. The aim of the agreement is the construction of 6,000 new social housing units over the next five years, with added emphasis on durability and energy efficiency, the city said in a statement this week. …

South Holland housing shortage
11 years ago

South Holland housing shortage

NL Times  

South Holland has a shortage of 50 thousand affordable homes for sale and rent, for sole financial providers and starters. "Research into the need for homes shows time and again that there is a lot of demand in South Holland for relaxed living environments", writes Han Fokkema, director of Neprom in reaction to the new 'Visie Ruimte en Mobiliteit. Project …

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