Dutch Housing Market Quarterly Dutch version
While we still expect house prices to increase substantially this year, sales activities seem to reached a turning point on the Dutch housing market. Hampered by an increasing scarcity of homes in almost all regions, we have adjusted our 2018 sales forecast from 250,000 to 235,000 homes, a decline of 3% compared to 2017.
Economic Update Dutch version
The Dutch economy is off to a good start of the year, with more paid jobs than in December. Meanwhile prices of owner-occupied homes are rising faster than in previous months.
Dutch Housing Market Quarterly Dutch version
In 2017 house prices in the Netherlands rose on average 7.6% as sales reached new heights. For 2018 we expect that prices will increase even faster, making owner-occupied homes accessible for fewer people.
Economic Update Dutch version
The Dutch economy is continuing to experience a broad based recovery, with in the third quarter once more high employment growth and a record number of sales of owner-occupied homes.
Dutch Housing Market Quarterly Dutch version
In the third quarter of this year house prices rose on average 7.5 per cent, while a record number of homes were sold. But younger buyers bought fewer homes, and in the west of the Netherlands the number of sales declined. We therefore expect that the number of transactions will gradually decline.
Economic Comment Dutch version
The Dutch caretaker government presented a budget light on new policies with limited extra spending on political imperatives. A coalition agreement is expected in October, but the current budget gives a new cabinet little space for extra spending.
Economic Comment Dutch version
The Dutch economy grew by 1.5 percent in Q2 and outpaced the solid growth in other Eurozone economies. Labour market figures in Q2 were also strong. Domestic and foreign demand can continue to drive a cyclical recovery.
Dutch Housing Market Quarterly Dutch version
We expect a house price growth of 7.6 percent in the Netherlands in 2017. Country-wide, price peak of 2008 will be surpassed in early 2018 – in the more peripheral provinces this can take until 2020. We expect a stagnation of the number of sales in the second half of 2017.
