The Growing Housing Shortage in the Netherlands: Future Residential Area Development

The Growing Housing Shortage in the Netherlands: Future Residential Area Development

ANPBuilding site of future residential area NOS News•today, 07:35•Edited today, 08:17 The housing shortage has increased sharply in a year. In 2023 there will be a shortage of 390,000 homes. Last year it was still 315,000 houses. Only around 2028 will the tightness in the housing market ease slightly. This is evident from a new … Read more

Rise in First-Time Homebuyers Despite Challenging Market Conditions: Update July 2023

Rise in First-Time Homebuyers Despite Challenging Market Conditions: Update July 2023

Jul 11, 2023 at 00:01Update: an hour ago First-time buyers were able to buy more houses in the past six months than in the same period last year. This was due to lower prices, higher incomes and looser borrowing standards. Yet their position remains difficult, especially for single people. Real estate association NVM and data … Read more

Rent increase for corporation renters and rent reduction for vulnerable households: Aedes report

Rent increase for corporation renters and rent reduction for vulnerable households: Aedes report

Door onze economieredactie 08 jun 2023 om 14:32Update: een uur geleden From July, people who rent a home from a corporation will pay an average of 2.4 percent more than now. For about 600,000 households, the rent will go down, to spare them in times of high inflation. This was reported by trade association Aedes … Read more

Long-term Mortgage Interest Rates Remain Stable in 2023, Says De Hypotheker

Long-term Mortgage Interest Rates Remain Stable in 2023, Says De Hypotheker

Door onze economieredactie 05 jun 2023 om 09:19Update: 35 minuten geleden Long-term mortgage interest rates have barely changed in 2023, De Hypotheker sees. It also hardly matters anymore whether you fix the interest for ten, twenty or thirty years. The differences between the interest periods have now become historically small. There is only a 0.08 … Read more

“The Resilience of the Dutch Economy and Financial System: Insights from CPB’s Risk Reporting Financial Markets”

“The Resilience of the Dutch Economy and Financial System: Insights from CPB’s Risk Reporting Financial Markets”

NOS / Yvonne Witte NOS News•today, 11:48 The chance of a slight economic recession in the near future has increased, but this does not pose a threat to financial stability. The financial position of the majority of households, businesses and banks is in good order, according to the Central Planning Bureau (CPB) in the annual … Read more

Owner-Occupied House Prices Fall as Housing Market Returns to Equilibrium

Owner-Occupied House Prices Fall as Housing Market Returns to Equilibrium

22 mei 2023 om 16:55Update: een uur geleden Prices for owner-occupied houses have been falling for some time and last month was no exception, as it turned out on Monday. This is far from compensating for the extreme increases of recent years, but according to experts it does show that the craziness is slowly disappearing … Read more

“Owner-Occupied Home Prices Decline for Third Consecutive Month in April, As Fewer Homes Are Sold”

“Owner-Occupied Home Prices Decline for Third Consecutive Month in April, As Fewer Homes Are Sold”

22 mei 2023 om 00:01 Prices of owner-occupied homes fell for the third month in a row in April. On average, buyers paid 4.4 percent less than a year earlier, according to figures from Statistics Netherlands and the Land Registry. Last month, an average of 401,374 euros was paid for an owner-occupied home. That was … Read more

“New Rules for Temporary Rental Contracts in the Housing Market: What You Need to Know”

“New Rules for Temporary Rental Contracts in the Housing Market: What You Need to Know”

17 mei 2023 om 09:24Update: een uur geleden Temporary rental contracts in the housing market must once again become an exception. A majority of the House of Representatives therefore voted on Tuesday for new rules to ensure that permanent contracts are the norm. What exactly changes and what exceptions are there? Why are there new … Read more

“Income-Dependent Rent Increases by Dutch Housing Associations Cause Financial Strain on Tenants”

“Income-Dependent Rent Increases by Dutch Housing Associations Cause Financial Strain on Tenants”

12 mei 2023 om 15:24 Four out of ten housing associations impose an additional rent increase on tenants with a higher (middle) income. according to a tour of the Woonbond. According to the association, some tenants have difficulty making ends meet due to the higher housing costs. The idea behind the income-dependent rent increase (IAH) … Read more