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Transaction volume Dutch residential market reaches € 9.7 billion in 2025
The transaction volume in the Dutch residential market amounted to €9.7 billion in 2025, representing an increase of 29% compared with 2024. Capital Value’s market research shows that this marks the...
Record €3.6 billion invested in new rental housing by Dutch investors
Dutch residential investors will invest €3.6 billion in new-build rental housing in 2025. Analysis by Capital Value shows that these investments will deliver approximately 10,500 new rental homes in the...
Insufficient attention to the construction of housing for seniors
While the Netherlands is ageing rapidly, the construction of housing for seniors continues to receive structurally insufficient attention. An analysis of the election programmes shows that not a single...
Investments in Dutch healthcare real estate lag behind in the first half of 2025
In the first half of 2025, €268 million was invested in Dutch healthcare real estate. This represents a 19% decline compared to H1 2024, but is still double the amount invested in H1 2023....
Transaction volume Dutch residential market H1 2025: at EUR 2.8 billion at the level of H1 2024
The transaction volume on the Dutch residential investment market in the first half of 2025 amounted to 2.8 billion euros. This is a growth of 2.3% compared to the transaction volume in the first half...
Freezing of social rents also threatens construction of approximately 5,500 mid- and private-sector rental homes in 2025
The much-discussed rent freeze announced in the Spring Memorandum is not only bad news for the construction of new social housing, but also affects the development of mid-rental and private sector...
Housing shortage to rise to 453,000 by 2027 due to rent freeze
The announced rent freeze for social housing in 2025 and 2026 will have large-scale, unnecessary effects on the social rental sector. Due to the rent freeze, the housing association sector will lose €2...
Transaction volume Dutch residential market increases with 20%
In the first quarter of 2025, the transaction volume on the Dutch residential investment market amounted to 865 million euros. This is an increase of 20% compared to the first quarter of 2024. However,...
Dutch pension funds can realise 40,000 new rental homes in the coming years
Dutch pension funds have more than €12.7 billion available for investments in Dutch rental properties over the next three years. This is good news because it means they can add 13,000 new affordable...
40% less investments in Dutch new-build care homes in 2024
In 2024, 724 million euros were invested in healthcare real estate in the Netherlands. This is an increase of 11% compared to 2023. The recovery is still cautious compared to the years 2019 to 2022,...
WWS points report for rental properties mandatory from 1 January 2025
As of 1 January 2025, landlords are required to include a WWS points report with every new tenancy agreement. This obligation stems from the Good Landlordship Act. Dutch municipalities will enforce...
Changes in the Dutch rental sector as of January 1st, 2025
As of January 1, some changes have come into effect regarding the rental segments on the Dutch housing market. As a result of the Affordable Rent Act, the regulated segment has been expanded and new...