First time buyers more active on Dutch housing market as landlords eye an exit
1 month, 3 weeks ago

First time buyers more active on Dutch housing market as landlords eye an exit

NL Times  

First-time buyers are increasingly active in the Dutch housing market as landlords and investors sell off properties, particularly in major cities like Amsterdam, Utrecht, and Eindhoven. First-time buyers purchased nearly 28,000 homes in the last quarter of 2024, representing a 27.5 percent increase from the same quarter a year earlier. Across the G4 cities, the share of first-time buyers rose from 60.5 percent in Q4 2023 to nearly 65.5 percent in Q4 2024. First-time buyers in the G4 cities paid an average of 444,000 euros in the last quarter, a 5 percent increase from Q4 2023. In other parts of the Netherlands, first-time buyers paid an average of 360,000 euros, reflecting a 9 percent year-over-year increase, while repeat buyers paid 522,000 euros, up 11 percent from a year earlier.

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Mass sell-off of rental properties starting to pressure home prices: ANB Amro
1 day, 16 hours ago

Mass sell-off of rental properties starting to pressure home prices: ANB Amro

NL Times  

Landlords’ large-scale sell-off of rental properties made unprofitable by rent regulation and tax changes is starting to pressure home prices, ABN Amro said in a report. “It is no coincidence that these are two municipalities with a relatively high share of rental properties owned by private investors.” According to the bank, private landlords in the western parts of the Netherlands, …

Landlords still selling off rentals on a large scale; First-time buyers profiting
1 month ago

Landlords still selling off rentals on a large scale; First-time buyers profiting

NL Times  

Investors sold significantly more homes in the last quarter of 2024, according to data from the Land Registry. In total, investors sold 20,150 homes in the months of October to December, compared to 12,375 a year earlier. Of the homes that investors sold to owner-occupiers, 65 percent went to first-time buyers. Business investors sold more than twice as many homes …

Dutch home prices climbed over 120% in 20 years; Most gains in past decade
1 month ago

Dutch home prices climbed over 120% in 20 years; Most gains in past decade

NL Times  

In 2005, the average Dutch home sold for 231,000 euros. Twenty years later, the average price stands over 120 percent higher at 509,000 euros, Calcasa reported in a study conducted to mark its 20th anniversary. In the aftermath of the financial crisis, home values dropped an average of 20 percent. In Amsterdam, average home prices rose from 225,000 to 647,000 …

Dutch home prices rose 11.5 percent in January
1 month ago

Dutch home prices rose 11.5 percent in January

NL Times  

The price increase of the average existing owner-occupied home continued in the first month of 2025, according to Statistics Netherlands and the Land Registry. Prices were 11.5 percent higher in January than in the same month a year earlier. In December, existing owner-occupied homes became almost 11 percent more expensive and over the whole of 2024, prices rose by 8.7 …

First time buyers snap up more homes as landlords sell
1 month, 3 weeks ago

First time buyers snap up more homes as landlords sell

Dutch News  

First-time buyers accounted for almost half of home sales in the final three months of last year, according to new figures from the land registry office Kadaster. In total, almost 60,000 homes changed hands—the highest total since 2020—and 28,000 went to people getting their first foot on the housing ladder. In Amsterdam and Utrecht, first-time buyers accounted for 66% of …

Free sector rental housing market shrinks again, rents rise
2 months, 1 week ago

Free sector rental housing market shrinks again, rents rise

Dutch News  

The number of non-rent-controlled properties in the Netherlands fell by 40% in the final quarter of last year compared to the same period the year before, according to research by rental housing platform Pararius. In total, 12,274 properties became available for new tenants in the final three months of the year, Pararius said, based on data from its own website, …

An affordable home in Amsterdam attracts 450 hopeful tenants
3 months, 3 weeks ago

An affordable home in Amsterdam attracts 450 hopeful tenants

Dutch News  

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 …

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

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

Dutch News  

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
4 months 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 …

Small landlords are selling more homes as rent controls bite
4 months ago

Small landlords are selling more homes as rent controls bite

Dutch News  

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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4 months, 1 week 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 …

To Buy or Not to Buy? Floople Experts Review Real Estate Trends in the Netherlands in 2024
4 months, 1 week ago

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

NL Times  

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 …

Dutch House Prices Soar 15% in Utrecht, Haarlem and Eindhoven
Trending News
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Dutch House Prices Soar 15% in Utrecht, Haarlem and Eindhoven

Dutch News  

House prices in major Dutch cities rose between 10% and 15% in the third quarter of 2023 compared to the same period last year. Prices rose most significantly in Haarlem, Eindhoven and Utrecht, with some homes increasing by up to 15%. The shortage of homes to buy is likely to worsen in the short term, with just 8,800 new homes …

Dutch House Prices Soar 15% in Utrecht, Haarlem and Eindhoven
Trending News
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Dutch House Prices Soar 15% in Utrecht, Haarlem and Eindhoven

Dutch News  

House prices in major Dutch cities rose between 10% and 15% in the third quarter of 2023 compared to the same period last year. Prices rose most significantly in Haarlem, Eindhoven and Utrecht, with some properties seeing price increases of up to 15%. The shortage of homes to buy is likely to worsen in the short term, with just 8,800 …

Homeseekers desperate for increasingly rare homes under €200,000
1 year 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, …

How the rent crisis is pricing out Britain’s landlords
1 year, 3 months ago

How the rent crisis is pricing out Britain’s landlords

The Telegraph  

In theory, a record jump in rental prices should be a good thing for landlords. Higher rents have meant first-time buyers are doing whatever they can to get on the property ladder, just as high mortgage rates have weakened investors’ buying power. The result is that first-time buyers are now overtaking landlords when it comes to commanding Britain’s mortgage market. …

Realtors see fierce battle for mid-sized homes on housing market
1 year, 5 months ago

Realtors see fierce battle for mid-sized homes on housing market

NL Times  

After last year's housing market slump, first-time home buyers are once again facing fierce competition when hunting for a home. Realtors affiliated with the organization sold 2.4 percent more homes in the third quarter than in the same period last year, although the number of townhomes sold declined significantly. These figures regularly mask a lot of frustration among people hoping …

Buying more expensive than renting for first time in 13 years
1 year, 7 months ago

Buying more expensive than renting for first time in 13 years

The Telegraph  

Buying has become more expensive than renting for the first time in 13 years for would-be homeowners. First-time buyers now have to pay an extra £122 per month on a mortgage compared to if they rented the same property – an extra £1,500 per year, analysis shows. This is despite rapidly rising rents and is the first time renting has …

Home seekers face massive competition as private rentals disappear in big cities
1 year, 9 months ago

Home seekers face massive competition as private rentals disappear in big cities

NL Times  

Home seekers are scrambling for the increasingly scarce rental properties available in the free sector, housing platform Pararius reported based on its own figures. According to Pararius director Jasper de Groot, this increase is related to a decrease in the number of available rental properties in large cities. In the first quarter of this year, just over 2,500 private sector …

Most and least expensive cities for first-time buyers revealed
1 year, 9 months ago

Most and least expensive cities for first-time buyers revealed

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Property website Rightmove looked at average asking prices for typical first-time buyer-type homes with …

Rise of first-time buyers drives down house prices in biggest cities
1 year, 10 months ago

Rise of first-time buyers drives down house prices in biggest cities

Dutch News  

House prices are falling faster in the four largest cities than the rest of the Netherlands as first-time buyers become the dominant players in the market, according to land registry figures. The Dutch land registry Kadaster said 58% of homes in the cities are now sold to first-time buyers, compared to 50% a year ago. The national mortgage guarantee service …

First-time buyers ‘seeking smaller homes amid higher rents and mortgage rises’
1 year, 10 months ago

First-time buyers ‘seeking smaller homes amid higher rents and mortgage rises’

The Independent  

First-time buyers are increasingly favouring smaller properties as they adjust their expectations amid higher mortgage rates and look to get away from rapidly rising rents, according to a property website. “The increase for two-bed homes is lower – up £4,900 to an income of £51,000.” need more income to buy but are starting to look for smaller homes and get …

Single-income first-time buyers can afford only 3.4% of Netherlands homes
2 years, 1 month ago

Single-income first-time buyers can afford only 3.4% of Netherlands homes

NL Times  

Despite falling home prices, first-time buyers still have little chance in the Dutch housing market. An average single-income first-time buyer can only afford 3.4 percent of owner-occupied homes in the Netherlands, according to figures from appraisal company Calcasa. They have risen much faster than incomes in the past five years and also much faster than interest rates fell in the …

Dutch housing update: house prices, transparency and borrowing
2 years, 1 month 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 …

Investors buy up fewer homes to rent out following tax increase
2 years, 4 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, 4 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 …

Netherlands needs 10,000 new starter homes per year, says homeowners group
2 years, 7 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 …

Fewer new rental properties came on the market last year: ABN Amro
2 years, 10 months ago

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

Dutch News  

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, …

More homes in Amsterdam are free market rentals than owner-occupied
3 years, 1 month 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 …

Rents are rising again, Eindhoven and Rotterdam lead the way
3 years, 2 months ago

Rents are rising again, Eindhoven and Rotterdam lead the way

Dutch News  

New tenants in the non-rent controlled sector are paying an average of 5.3% more for their rental homes than they would have done a year ago, according to research by Pararius, but the rise was a more modest 1.7% in Amsterdam. New tenants are now paying an average of €14.42 per square metre – around 20% up on the end …

Rents are rising again, Eindhoven and Rotterdam lead the way
3 years, 2 months ago

Rents are rising again, Eindhoven and Rotterdam lead the way

Dutch News  

New tenants in the non-rent controlled sector are paying an average of 5.3% more for their rental homes than they would have done a year ago, according to research by Pararius, but the rise was a more modest 1.7% in Amsterdam. New tenants are now paying an average of €14.42 per square metre – around 20% up on the end …

Dutch housing prices increased at fourth-fastest rate in EU
3 years, 2 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 …

Home sales listings have never been so low
3 years, 4 months 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, 5 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 …

Social housing system in a bind as home sale prices, free market rents rise high
3 years, 6 months ago

Social housing system in a bind as home sale prices, free market rents rise high

NL Times  

The Dutch housing crisis is apparent in many areas in the Netherlands, including in the social housing sector. With house prices on the rise, the number of people looking for a social housing apartment has only increased in the past years. In the region of Haaglanden alone, around 160 thousand people indicated that they are on the lookout for a …

Netherlands sees biggest existing home price increase in two decades
3 years, 8 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 …

House prices rise by 20% in second quarter, as supply of homes dries up
3 years, 8 months ago

House prices rise by 20% in second quarter, as supply of homes dries up

Dutch News  

The average price paid for a home in the second quarter of this year hit €410,000, a rise of almost 20% on 2020 and the biggest increase since real estate agents association NVM began monitoring the figures in 1985. ‘As long as the political agenda does not deal with the reality on the ground there will be no change.’ NVM …

House prices rise by 20% in second quarter, as supply of homes dries up
3 years, 8 months ago

House prices rise by 20% in second quarter, as supply of homes dries up

Dutch News  

The average price paid for a home in the second quarter of this year hit €410,000, a rise of almost 20% on 2020 and the biggest increase since real estate agents association NVM began monitoring the figures in 1985. ‘As long as the political agenda does not deal with the reality on the ground there will be no change.’ NVM …

Netherlands home prices up record 20%
3 years, 8 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 …

First Dutch cities plan to block investors from snatching up homes
3 years, 9 months ago

First Dutch cities plan to block investors from snatching up homes

NL Times  

Rotterdam, Eindhoven, The Hague and Haarlem are expected to be the first major Dutch cities to ban investors from buying up rental homes in the near future, FD reported. The four cities could ban investors from snatching up homes in certain neighborhoods by early next year. The cities can designate neighborhoods in which investors may no longer buy up cheap …

Dutch housing prices up 11.6% in third quarter despite Covid crisis
4 years, 5 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 …

Half of Netherlands tenants expect they'll never afford buying
5 years, 1 month ago

Half of Netherlands tenants expect they'll never afford buying

NL Times  

Nearly half of tenants in the Netherlands don't think they will ever be able to buy a home, according to an international study by ING among nearly 3 thousand tenants who have never owned a home. 48 percent of Dutch tenants think they'll never buy, compared to the European average of 38 percent, RTL Nieuws reports. The housing market seems …

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 …

Dutch housing market cooling down, first price decreases noted
6 years ago

Dutch housing market cooling down, first price decreases noted

NL Times  

After years of skyrocketing prices, the housing market in the Netherlands may be cooling down. In the last quarter of 2018, one in five municipalities saw home prices decrease compared to the previous quarter, according to the quarterly report of valuation company Calcasa. "The housing market seems to be cooling down", Calcasa said, though emphasized that it is too early …

UK housing market registers slowest September growth since 2010
6 years, 5 months ago

UK housing market registers slowest September growth since 2010

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The data suggests higher taxes on landlords are having …

Dutch housing prices at record high; up nearly 9 percent
6 years, 8 months ago

Dutch housing prices at record high; up nearly 9 percent

NL Times  

The prices of existing homes in the Netherlands increased by 8.8 percent in the second quarter compared to a year earlier, reaching a record high. In Rotterdam housing prices were 14.4 percent higher and home sales were 15.8 percent lower in the second quarter than in the same quarter last year. A total of nearly 53 thousand homes were sold …

Overbidding at all time high on Dutch housing market
6 years, 8 months ago

Overbidding at all time high on Dutch housing market

NL Times  

A third of the homes sold in the Netherlands in the second quarter of 2018 were sold above the asking price - the first time ever that overbidding happened so often in the country, according to the Dutch association of realtors NVM. The average sale price for a home in the Netherlands was 288 thousand euros in the second quarter, …

Renters spend £1.1m more than buyers in their lifetime, research finds
6 years, 9 months ago

Renters spend £1.1m more than buyers in their lifetime, research finds

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The truth behind the numbers Renting for an entire …

More Amsterdammers move to Rotterdam, The Hague as housing prices soar
6 years, 11 months ago

More Amsterdammers move to Rotterdam, The Hague as housing prices soar

NL Times  

An increasing number of Amsterdam residents are looking for a home in The Hague or Rotterdam as housing prices in the Dutch capital are increasingly unaffordable, Dutch realtors association NVM said with the release of its quarterly figures on Thursday. These two cities are now In the first quarter of this year, the national average transaction price involved in a …

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