Rules on energy efficiency are making new homes more expensive: FD
Dutch NewsNew rules on energy efficiency which will come into force next summer will put up the cost of building a new home by between 11.5% and 16.5%, further pressuring the housing market, the Financieele Dagblad said on Wednesday. ‘This price rise does not include inflation and higher wages, and the impact will be strong,’ Maarten in ‘t Veld from civil engineering group Arcadis, which owns BDB, told the paper. The new rules, which come on top of the last year’s decision to effectively ban gas connections in new homes, aim to ensure that housing is now as energy-efficient as possible, with minimum use of fossil fuels. Earlier this month the Dutch real estate agents’ association NVM warned that the price of a new home now averages €391,000 and that first time buyers are finding it impossible to get a foot on the ladder.
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