The Dutch residential housing market noticed €9.7 billion of transactions in 2025, a 29% improve from 2024, analysis from Capital Worth has revealed.
New construct particularly took off, which represents 55% of transactions.
Traders and housing associations ploughed €5.3 billion into new rental housing, including round 17,700 new rental houses to the Dutch market.
Nonetheless excessive fiscal burdens, equivalent to elevated switch tax, hire regulation beneath the Inexpensive Hire Act (Moist Betaalbare Huur), and robust worth will increase within the owner-occupied housing market all served to push many current landlords out of the market.
Arjan Peerboom, chief government at Capital Worth, mentioned: “Dutch institutional traders made substantial investments in new rental housing in 2025 and intend to proceed doing so within the coming years.
“Whether or not this might be attainable is determined by a beneficial funding local weather, adequate provide and environment friendly allowing procedures.
“To efficiently deal with the housing scarcity within the Netherlands, considerably extra capital is required. The funding local weather for worldwide traders and the monetary well being of the housing affiliation sector are key areas of concern.
“Each have come beneath appreciable strain in recent times, at a time when each effort ought to be made to allow these traders to contribute sustainably to the housing market.”
Some €4.3 billion price of current rental housing was bought, largely to owner-occupiers.
In consequence, rental housing inventory declined by 26,000 houses in 2025 as a result of gross sales to owner-occupiers, in response to the Dutch Cadastre (Kadaster).
Worldwide and personal traders are largely absent from the Dutch new-build market as a result of a mixture of fiscal strain, rate of interest ranges and rent-regulating measures.
