House prices over 9 percent higher in September

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In September 2018, prices of owner-occupied dwellings (excluding new constructions) were on average 9.3 percent higher than in the same month last year. The price increase was the same as in the previous month. This is according to the price index of owner-occupied dwellings, a joint publication by Statistics Netherlands (CBS) and the Land Registry Office (Kadaster).

Price development of existing owner-occupied dwellings
YearMonthChange (year-on-year % change)
2014October2.2
2014November2.3
2014December2
2015January2.1
2015February2.4
2015March2.7
2015April2.3
2015May2.6
2015June2.6
2015July2.7
2015August2.5
2015September3.5
2015October3.4
2015November3.8
2015December3.2
2016January4.1
2016February3.8
2016March4.3
2016April4.2
2016May4.3
2016June4.6
2016July4.9
2016August6
2016September5.9
2016October5.6
2016November6
2016December6.7
2017January6.4
2017February6.7
2017March7.3
2017April7.4
2017May7.8
2017June8
2017July7.6
2017August7.8
2017September7.3
2017October8.2
2017November8.2
2017December8.2
2018January8.8
2018February9.5
2018March8.6
2018April8.8
2018May8.9
2018June8.9
2018July9
2018August9.3
2018September9.3
Source: CBS, Kadaster

House prices continue to rise

House prices reached a record high in August 2008 and subsequently started to decline, reaching a low in June 2013. The trend has been upward since then. In May 2018, the price index of owner-occupied dwellings exceeded the record level of August 2008 for the first time; prices continued to rise and are at their highest level since the start of this price index in 1995. Compared to the low in June 2013, house prices were up by over 32 percent on average in September 2018.

Price index of existing owner-occupied dwellings
YearMonthIndex (2015=100)
October98
November97.7
December97.9
2015January98.4
2015February98.7
2015March98.8
2015April99.1
2015May99.4
2015June99.6
2015July100.5
2015August100.4
2015September101.2
2015October101.4
2015November101.5
2015December101.1
2016January102.4
2016February102.5
2016March103
2016April103.2
2016May103.7
2016June104.3
2016July105.5
2016August106.4
2016September107.2
2016October107
2016November107.5
2016December107.9
2017January108.9
2017February109.3
2017March110.5
2017April110.9
2017May111.7
2017June112.5
2017July113.5
2017August114.6
2017September115
2017October115.8
2017November116.4
2017December116.8
2018January118.6
2018February119.7
2018March120.1
2018April120.6
2018May121.7
2018June122.5
2018July123.7
2018August125.4
2018September125.7
Source: CBS, Kadaster

Number of house sales down

According to figures released last Wednesday by the Dutch Land Registry Office, 16,449 dwellings were sold in September 2018. In the first nine months of 2018, 161,956 dwellings were sold, a decrease of almost 8 percent compared to the same period in 2017.