Construction and housing

Drop in house prices more substantial

21-05-2012Economic monitor Prices of existing owner-occupied dwellings sold in April 2012 were on average 5.2 percent down on April 2011.

Substantial drop in house prices

20-04-2012Economic monitor Prices of existing owner-occupied dwellings sold in March 2012 were on average 4.7 percent down on March 2011. According to the price index of existing residential property – a joint publication by Statistics Netherlands and the Land Registry Office – the price drop was more substantial than in the preceding month, when residential property prices were 3.4 percent down on one year previously.

Six percent of dwellings officially unoccupied

18-04-2012Web magazine On 1 January 2010, the Dutch housing stock included more than 7 million dwellings, of which 417 thousand (just under 6 percent) were vacant. These houses are officially registered as unoccupied.

Far fewer building permits issued

11-04-2012Press release Last year, 56 thousand building permits were issued for new residential units, i.e. 9 percent fewer than in 2010 and the lowest number since 1953.

Price drop residential property approximately the same

21-03-2012Economic monitor Prices of existing owner-occupied dwellings sold in February 2012 were on average 3.4 percent down on February 2011.

Residential property prices drop less rapidly

21-02-2012Economic monitor Prices of existing owner-occupied houses sold in January 2012 were on average 3.3 percent down on January 2011.

Sustained drop residential property prices

20-01-2012Economic monitor Prices of existing owner-occupied houses were on average 4.0 percent lower in December 2011 than in December 2010.