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21-12-2011Economic monitor Prices of existing owner-occupied houses were on average 3.3 percent lower in November 2011 than in November 2010.

06-12-2011Web magazine Housing associations own 2.3 million homes in the Netherlands. This is the equivalent of one in three homes.

21-11-2011Economic monitor Prices of existing owner-occupied houses were on average 2.8 percent lower in October 2011 than in October 2010

21-10-2011Economic monitor Prices of existing owner-occupied houses were on average 2.9 percent lower in September 2011 than in September 2010.

11-10-2011Press release More than 19.5 thousand dwellings were completed in the first six months of 2011, i.e. an increase by nearly 9 percent from the same period last year.

05-10-2011Web magazine The construction value of new commissions for architects fell substantially again in the second quarter of 2011.

28-09-2011Web magazine Prices of existing owner-occupied dwellings in the Netherlands have dropped almost continually since mid-2008.

21-09-2011Economic monitor Prices of existing owner-occupied houses were on average 2.8 percent lower in August 2011 than in August 2010.

30-08-2011Web magazine After 2010, a very dramatic year for the construction sector (excluding property developers), the first six months of 2011 were somewhat more positive. The mild temperatures in winter prompted a 6 percent turnover growth over the first six months of this year, whereas turnover contracted nearly 9 percent in 2010. Turnover growth occurred across the entire construction sector.

21-07-2011Economic monitor Prices of existing owner-occupied houses were on average 1.9 percent lower in June 2011 than in June 2010.

21-06-2011Economic monitor Prices of existing owner-occupied houses were on average 1.8 percent lower in May 2011 than in May 2010.

20-05-2011Economic monitor Prices of existing owner-occupied houses were on average 2.1 percent lower in April 2011 than in April 2010. According to the price index of existing residential property – a joint publication by Statistics Netherlands and the Land Registry Office – house prices dropped more dramatically in April than in March, when they were 1.1 percent lower than one year previously.

21-04-2011Economic monitor Prices of existing owner-occupied houses were on average 1.1 percent lower in March 2011 than in March 2010.

19-04-2011Web magazine After many years of decline, architects have received more new orders in 2010.

12-04-2011Press release Nearly 56 thousand new homes were delivered in 2010, a decrease by more than 32 percent relative to 2009. The number of owner-occupied homes deliverd last year dropped dramatically.

21-03-2011Economic monitor Prices of existing owner-occupied houses were on average 1.5 percent lower in February 2011 than in February 2010. According to the price index of existing residential property – a joint publication by Statistics Netherlands and the Land Registry Office – house prices dropped more substantially in February than in January, when they were 1.1 percent down on one year previously.

10-03-2011Web magazine While the Dutch economy is picking up, the construction sector is still performing badly. With 9 versus more than 4 percent, turnover in the construction sector slumped even more in 2010 than in 2009.

21-02-2011Economic monitor

20-01-2011Economic monitor Prices of existing owner-occupied houses sold in December 2010 were on average 0.8 percent lower than in December 2009.