Fewer owner-occupied homes in Amsterdam as investors buy-to-let
4 years, 11 months ago

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

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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 private individuals increased even faster, by nearly 21 thousand to 125,700, while rental properties owned by housing corporations decreased. This dwindling supply of owner-occupied homes is putting more and more pressure on the Amsterdam housing market, Jerry Wijnen, chairman of Makelaarsvereniging Amsterdam, said to Het Parool.

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Rising house prices reduce asset gap between rich and poorer
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Rising house prices reduce asset gap between rich and poorer

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Some 56% of Dutch household assets are in the hands of the top 10%, while the top 0.1% control 10% of the total, according to new calculations by national statistics agency CBS, based on figures from 2023. However, despite the wide disparity in assets, the richest people in the Netherlands now control less of the actual wealth, the CBS figures …

Dutch house prices rise 11.5% in final quarter, supply grows
6 days, 22 hours ago

Dutch house prices rise 11.5% in final quarter, supply grows

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Dutch house prices rose 11.5% in the final quarter of last year, down slightly on the increases recorded in the earlier part of the year. “The average time from market to sale is 27 days, and that means buyers are continuing to make quick decisions.” Lower mortgage interest rates and higher wages have helped boost the market, as well as …

Dutch home sales prices shot up 11.5% in 2024, ending at a record average of €483,000
1 week ago

Dutch home sales prices shot up 11.5% in 2024, ending at a record average of €483,000

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Homes that hit the Dutch real estate market last quarter sold for a record-high average of 483,000 euros, according to realtor association NVM. Since the last quarter of 2023, home sales prices have gone up by roughly 50,000 euros on average. The average size of new homes dropped to 103 square meters in 2024, compared to 119 square meters two …

Dutch home sales prices shot up 11.5% to a record average of €483,000 at the end of 2024
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Dutch home sales prices shot up 11.5% to a record average of €483,000 at the end of 2024

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Homes that hit the Dutch real estate market last quarter sold for a record-high average of 483,000 euros, according to realtor association NVM. Since the last quarter of 2023, home sales prices have gone up by roughly 50,000 euros on average. The average size of new homes dropped to 103 square meters in 2024, compared to 119 square meters two …

Dutch housing market may be cooling slightly: Telegraaf
1 week, 3 days ago

Dutch housing market may be cooling slightly: Telegraaf

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There are some signs that the Dutch housing market may be calming down slightly, the Telegraaf reported on Monday. “Although the market is still very tight, we are getting signs that the market has cooled a little,” Ivor Brevé, director of online estate agents Makelaarsland, told the paper. Over the past three months, 34% of Makelaarsland sales were for below …

Dutch housing market shows signs of cooling after rapid growth
1 week, 3 days ago

Dutch housing market shows signs of cooling after rapid growth

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The surge in Dutch housing prices seen since mid-2023 has begun to taper off, according to data from Makelaarsland, the Netherlands' largest online NVM real estate agency. "While the housing market remains tight, we are receiving signals that the market is cooling slightly," said Ivor Brevé, director of Makelaarsland in an interview with the Telegraaf. In the fourth quarter of …

Amsterdam to allow more home sharing in fight against housing shortage
1 month ago

Amsterdam to allow more home sharing in fight against housing shortage

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Amsterdam will allow more home sharing in an attempt to make it easier for people to find somewhere to live in the very tight housing market. The city council agreed on Thursday to allow almost 6,000 additional permits for more than two people not from the same household to live together, Parool reports. D66 city councilor Suleyman Aslami is therefore …

New housing target missed again last year, CBS figures show
1 month, 1 week ago

New housing target missed again last year, CBS figures show

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The total number of apartments and houses in the Netherlands grew by nearly 82,000 last year, down 20% on the government’s target, according to new figures from national statistics office CBS. Of them, 52,200 were properties for sale, 20,200 were rental homes owned by the private sector and 8,400 were built by housing corporations, which own most of the country’s …

An affordable home in Amsterdam attracts 450 hopeful tenants
1 month, 1 week ago

An affordable home in Amsterdam attracts 450 hopeful tenants

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The average mid-market rental property coming on the market in Amsterdam has 450 potential tenants and fewer and fewer empty homes are available for rent, the Parool reported on Wednesday. “The shortage in the mid-market sector and the enormous demand are becoming increasingly visible,” said Pararius chief executive Jasper de Groot. There is, he says, a direct link between the …

Mid-range renters out of luck in big cities; 450 candidates per home in Amsterdam
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1 month, 1 week ago

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

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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 …

House prices rise again, transactions up 15% on last year
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1 month, 3 weeks 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, 3 weeks ago

Dutch home prices jumped 11.5% in October; New record

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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 …

Small landlords are selling more homes as rent controls bite
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Small landlords are selling more homes as rent controls bite

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Small landlords are selling more of their homes, particularly in the biggest Dutch cities, but overall the number of rental properties in the Netherlands is stable, according to new figures from the Kadaster land registry. In the third quarter of this year, small landlords sold 3,550 properties to owner-occupiers, and that is the highest number in 10 years. New housing …

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

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

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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 …

Thirty Amsterdam homes sold for more than €3 million last year
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Thirty Amsterdam homes sold for more than €3 million last year

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Last year, 30 Amsterdam homes sold for more than 3 million euros and at least 12,000 euros per square meter. Amsterdam has a few homes in CBRE’s “ultra-luxury” segment, with prices of at least 19,000 euros per square meter. But the Dutch capital doesn’t yet count any homes in the “exceptional” category, with prices over 40,000 euros per square meter. …

Amsterdam tops most expensive rental market; sharpest rent drop in Eindhoven
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Amsterdam tops most expensive rental market; sharpest rent drop in Eindhoven

NL Times  

The newly launched National Rental Index revealed significant shifts in residential rental prices across the Netherlands, highlighting Amsterdam as the most expensive municipality and Eindhoven as the city with the steepest drop in rental prices. Amsterdam continues to lead the Dutch rental market with an average price of 25.80 euro per square meter. At the other end of the spectrum, …

To Buy or Not to Buy? Floople Experts Review Real Estate Trends in the Netherlands in 2024
1 month, 3 weeks ago

To Buy or Not to Buy? Floople Experts Review Real Estate Trends in the Netherlands in 2024

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The Dutch economy and real estate market in the last year are marked by significant trends and shifting dynamics. From this vision, Floople was born—an innovative real estate aggregator designed to streamline the property search experience and provide transparent, user-friendly solutions tailored to everyone’s unique needs. Positive and Negative Trends in the Dutch Real Estate Market The Dutch housing market …

People are borrowing more to buy a house as prices rise
2 months 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 …

More million euro homes – based on more million euro debts
7 months, 2 weeks ago

More million euro homes – based on more million euro debts

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The number of Dutch homes worth €1 million has grown from just 14,000 to almost 200,000 in the past 10 years, according to property expert Calcasa. In its annual report, published on Thursday, Calcasa found that by the end of last year 197,000 homes in the Netherlands were valued at more than €1 million, accounting for 4% of the housing …

More million euro homes – based on more million euro debts
7 months, 2 weeks ago

More million euro homes – based on more million euro debts

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The number of Dutch homes worth €1 million has grown from just 14,000 to almost 200,000 in the past 10 years, according to property expert Calcasa. In its annual report, published on Thursday, Calcasa found that by the end of last year 197,000 homes in the Netherlands were valued at more than €1 million, accounting for 4% of the housing …

Young people moving house more often, possibly due to return of basic study grant
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Young people moving house more often, possibly due to return of basic study grant

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The number of young adults aged 17 to 22 who moved house increased significantly last year compared to 2022, Statistics Netherlands reported based on new figures. In the Dutch population as a whole, the number of relocations increased slightly last year, by 1.6 percent to 1.73 million people moving house. “The 25-year-olds moved the most: over a quarter went to …

Home prices up 7.5 percent in April, topping July 2022 peak for first time
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Home prices up 7.5 percent in April, topping July 2022 peak for first time

NL Times  

Existing owner-occupied home prices were 7.5 percent higher in April than a year earlier, topping the July 2022 peak for the first time. In April, the average transaction price for an existing owner-occupied home was 435,984 euros, 7.5 percent more than in April 2023 and 1.0 percent more than in March 2024. In the first four months of 2024, 60,130 …

House prices continue to rise, are up 4% on a year ago
9 months, 3 weeks ago

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

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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 …

Homeseekers desperate for increasingly rare homes under €200,000
10 months ago

Homeseekers desperate for increasingly rare homes under €200,000

NL Times  

The Dutch housing market has a big problem - supply does not meet demand. Home seekers showed the most interest in homes under 200,000 euros last year. “With this data, you can see in black and white that there are unequal relationships between housing needs and the available supply throughout the Netherlands,” Funda director Joost Dop told AD. On average, …

Amsterdam hits housing snag: Construction falls short of target
11 months 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
11 months, 2 weeks 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 …

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 …

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, 5 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 …

High home prices forcing Netherlands city dwellers to go tiny, especially in Amsterdam
1 year, 10 months ago

High home prices forcing Netherlands city dwellers to go tiny, especially in Amsterdam

NL Times  

Tiny houses with a floor space of 50 square meters or less are gaining popularity in the Netherlands due to the sharp price increases in the housing market. Tiny homes are particularly popular in the four large cities, and especially in Amsterdam, according to the Kadaster, the Dutch land registry. The number of tiny homes in Amsterdam skyrocketed from 600 …

Dutch housing update: house prices, transparency and borrowing
1 year, 11 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 …

Housing construction at highest level in decade; Still 26% below gov't target
1 year, 11 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, 11 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 …

Home prices fell 2.3% in December; Strongest decline in a decade
1 year, 11 months ago

Home prices fell 2.3% in December; Strongest decline in a decade

NL Times  

Prices of existing owner-occupied homes fell again in December compared to the previous month. Home prices dropped 2.3 percent compared to November - the strongest decrease in ten years, Statistics Netherlands and the Land Registry reported. Over the whole of 2022, home prices were still 13.6 percent higher on average than a year earlier. Compared to the low point in …

Amsterdam families may soon find even greater shortages of adequate affordable housing
2 years, 1 month ago

Amsterdam families may soon find even greater shortages of adequate affordable housing

NL Times  

Only about half of Amsterdam’s families with four or more people living under one roof reside in a social housing flat that provides enough space. Even more families living in affordable housing are expected to remain in spaces that are too cramped, said social housing corporation Rochdale. Compounding the issue is that families occupying larger social housing apartments often remain …

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

Dutch News  

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

Dutch News  

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, 2 months 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 …

Investors buy up fewer homes to rent out following tax increase
2 years, 2 months 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 …

Netherlands needs 10,000 new starter homes per year, says homeowners group
2 years, 4 months ago

Netherlands needs 10,000 new starter homes per year, says homeowners group

NL Times  

The Netherlands needs a minimum of 10,000 new starter homes at a maximum sales price of 260,000 euros, said Dutch homeowners association VEH in an appeal to Public Housing Minister Hugo de Jonge. The association was calling upon the minister because it believes that young people should have new opportunities to enter the housing market. De Jonge wants to build …

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, 6 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 …

Dividing bigger homes could create 500,000 new ones in Netherlands
2 years, 7 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 …

Fewer new rental properties came on the market last year: ABN Amro
2 years, 8 months ago

Fewer new rental properties came on the market last year: ABN Amro

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The number of new rental properties added to Dutch housing stock fell 9% last year, when compared with 2020, as the mounting cost of workers and material lead developers to delay projects, ABN Amro said in a new analysis of the housing market. While most new rental homes were realised in Amsterdam, the total in the capital was just 2,965, …

The Netherlands has 143,000 homes that would cost more than €1 million
2 years, 8 months ago

The Netherlands has 143,000 homes that would cost more than €1 million

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The Netherlands has an increasing number of homes valued at more than €1 million and they now account for 3% of the total housing stock, according to real estate data company Calcasa. Most million euro homes are in Amsterdam – some 18,550 in total – and 583 are concentrated on the Keizersgracht, which has the most €1 million plus homes …

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

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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
2 years, 10 months ago

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

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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 …

National housing shortage to worsen in the coming years: Researchers
2 years, 11 months ago

National housing shortage to worsen in the coming years: Researchers

NL Times  

The housing shortage in the Netherlands will likely increase for at least three years, experts at consultancy firm Capital Value expect. For example, housing associations could build 250,000 social homes annually if the landlord levy is completely abolished, the researchers suggest. The bank calculated that the new construction of around 14,000 new mid-range rental homes per year is financially feasible …

More homes in Amsterdam are free market rentals than owner-occupied
2 years, 11 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 …

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