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

Investors buy up fewer homes to rent out following tax increase

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Private investors are buying up fewer houses to rent out than in previous years and in Rotterdam and Amsterdam their share of housing transactions has halved, according to new land registry figures. In the first half of this year, private landlords bought 5,200 properties, compared with 6,000 in the first half of last year and 8,000 four years ago. This means private investors’ share of housing transactions has gone down from 8% to 6% of the total over four years. Since last year, investors have had to pay higher transfer taxes than private individuals and this would appear to be damping demand, the land registry said.

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Dutch home prices will climb 7.5% to average €520,000 next year: DNB
1 week, 4 days ago

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

NL Times  

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

New housing target missed again last year, CBS figures show
2 weeks, 5 days ago

New housing target missed again last year, CBS figures show

Dutch News  

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 …

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

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
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 …

Small landlords are selling more homes as rent controls bite
1 month 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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1 month 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 …

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

Dutch News  

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 House Prices Soar 15% in Utrecht, Haarlem and Eindhoven
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1 month, 2 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
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

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

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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 …

More million euro homes – based on more million euro debts
6 months, 3 weeks ago

More million euro homes – based on more million euro debts

Dutch News  

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
6 months, 3 weeks ago

More million euro homes – based on more million euro debts

Dutch News  

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 …

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 …

Homeseekers desperate for increasingly rare homes under €200,000
9 months, 1 week 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, …

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 …

Home seekers face massive competition as private rentals disappear in big cities
1 year, 6 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 …

Rise of first-time buyers drives down house prices in biggest cities
1 year, 7 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 …

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 …

Home prices down 0.8% in Feb.; First year-on-year decrease in nearly a decade
1 year, 9 months ago

Home prices down 0.8% in Feb.; First year-on-year decrease in nearly a decade

NL Times  

In February, owner-occupied homes were cheaper than a year earlier for the first time in almost ten years. Home prices rose sharply until the middle of last year, aided by the housing shortage and low mortgage rates. The Land Registry registered 11,858 homes changing ownership, 15.5 percent less than a year earlier. In the first two months of 2023, the …

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 …

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

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

NL Times  

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

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

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

NL Times  

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

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

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

NL Times  

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

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, 1 month ago

Investors buy up fewer homes to rent out following tax increase

Dutch News  

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

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

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

NL Times  

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

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 …

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. …

Fewer new rental properties came on the market last year: ABN Amro
2 years, 7 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, …

Encouraging sharing homes will help solve housing crisis, economists say
2 years, 10 months ago

Encouraging sharing homes will help solve housing crisis, economists say

Dutch News  

Making better use of the existing housing stock by changing the rules on sharing would go some way to solving the Dutch housing crisis, three economists from Maastricht University say in the latest issue of economics magazine ESB. Piet Eichholtz, Linde Kattenberg and Nils Kok say that government rules make it unattractive to share a home or rent out a …

Encouraging sharing homes will help solve housing crisis, economists say
2 years, 10 months ago

Encouraging sharing homes will help solve housing crisis, economists say

Dutch News  

Making better use of the existing housing stock by changing the rules on sharing would go some way to solving the Dutch housing crisis, three economists from Maastricht University say in the latest issue of economics magazine ESB. Piet Eichholtz, Linde Kattenberg and Nils Kok say that government rules make it unattractive to share a home or rent out a …

National housing shortage to worsen in the coming years: Researchers
2 years, 10 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, 10 months ago

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

NL Times  

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

Rents are rising again, Eindhoven and Rotterdam lead the way
2 years, 11 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
2 years, 11 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
2 years, 11 months ago

Dutch housing prices increased at fourth-fastest rate in EU

NL Times  

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

Housing corporations completed about 15,000 new homes last year
3 years ago

Housing corporations completed about 15,000 new homes last year

NL Times  

Housing corporations built 15,199 new homes in the Netherlands last year. Most of the homes are social housing and built in places where, according to Aedes, many people are looking for affordable homes. In 2013, when the landlord levy was introduced, housing corporations still built almost 30,000 homes. The housing corporations want to increase their production to 25,000 new homes …

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

Home sales listings have never been so low

NL Times  

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

The Hague also plans to block investors from buying homes to rent them
3 years, 1 month ago

The Hague also plans to block investors from buying homes to rent them

NL Times  

Local politicians in The Hague are looking at how they can join Amsterdam and introduce real estate restrictions that would require home purchasers to live at the property for four years. In Amsterdam, the purchase protection plan would take effect for homes with an official WOZ valuation of up to 512,000 euros. "We are noticing that the purchase of existing …

Amsterdam to ban investors from buying cheaper properties to rent out
3 years, 1 month ago

Amsterdam to ban investors from buying cheaper properties to rent out

Dutch News  

Amsterdam city council plans to stop investors buying up cheaper properties and renting them out, when new legislation comes into force in January. New housing chief Jakob Wedemeijer plans to bring in the ban as soon as possible for the entire city. It would mean investors could not buy any property for less than €512,000 without a commitment to live …

Amsterdam to ban investors from buying cheaper properties to rent out
3 years, 1 month ago

Amsterdam to ban investors from buying cheaper properties to rent out

Dutch News  

Amsterdam city council plans to stop investors buying up cheaper properties and renting them out, when new legislation comes into force in January. New housing chief Jakob Wedemeijer plans to bring in the ban as soon as possible for the entire city. It would mean investors could not buy any property for less than €512,000 without a commitment to live …

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

Home sales dropping as house prices continue to soar

NL Times  

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

Dutch homeowners much wealthier than tenants
3 years, 2 months ago

Dutch homeowners much wealthier than tenants

NL Times  

On average, homeowners have a much greater wealth than tenants, and that difference increased in recent years. The wealth of tenants barely increased since 2013, while that of people with an owner-occupied home increased by 10,500 euros. Young people up to 25 and older people over 75 years old relatively often live in a rented house. Younger homeowners also often …

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

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

NL Times  

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

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

Netherlands sees biggest existing home price increase in two decades

NL Times  

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

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

Netherlands home prices up record 20%

NL Times  

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

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

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

NL Times  

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

Half of homes sold above asking as sale prices set to rise 11% this year
3 years, 6 months ago

Half of homes sold above asking as sale prices set to rise 11% this year

NL Times  

Supply and demand on the housing market continued to grow further apart in 2020. Economists at Rabobank also predict that home prices in the Netherlands will rise by 11 percent this year, according to Parool. The prices of homes sold were compared to the last known asking price, in a study jointly carried out by CBS and the national land …

First Dutch cities plan to block investors from snatching up homes
3 years, 6 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 …

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