The cost of buying a house in the Netherlands has reached a record high, after new figures showed that average house prices have risen by more than 13 percent over the past year.
Average house price in the Netherlands rises to 468.000 euros
New figures from NVM, an association of real estate agents, show that average sale prices rose by 7,2 percent in the last quarter alone, climbing to a record high of 468.000 euros. This tops the previous record of 451.000 euros which was set in the same quarter of 2022. Since the second quarter of 2023, they have risen by a huge 13,6 percent.
According to NVM, such an exceptional increase “has…