On Monday 11 February 2019, the annual meeting of Capital Value took place in the Railway Museum in Utrecht. The meeting was attended by over 200 investors, housing associations and developers. Keynote speaker Klaas Knot, President of the Dutch Central Bank (DNB), Erik Jan van Kempen, director general of the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations and Heleen Aarts, CEO Amvest, gave their views on the housing and residential investment market in the Netherlands.
Shared Value 2019: an alarming housing shortage and a record amount of capital available
In addition to contributions from the aforementioned speakers, Kees van Harten led a panel discussion about the regulation of the mid-priced rental sector and the use of the available capital. Contributions to the panel discussion were made by Gertjan van der Baan (CEO Vesteda), Frank van Blokland (IVBN), Jan Kamminga (Vastgoed Belang) and Jeroen Pepers (Aedes). Subsequently, Marijn Snijders presented the results of Capital Value’s annual research publication on the Housing and residential investment market in the Netherlands 2019. This presentation focused on the alarming housing shortage in the Netherlands (currently estimated at 263,000 homes) and the large amount of available capital among investors for the coming years. The research shows that Dutch and international investors indicate to have over 20 billion euros available for investments in Dutch rental dwellings in the coming years. Also view: Video impression of Shared Value 2019.
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