Fewer newbuild homes sold in second quarter, but more existing homes
Almost 5.7 thousand newbuild homes were sold in the Netherlands in Q2 2026. That was a decrease of 11.2 percent, year on year. It was the fourth consecutive quarter in which the number of newbuild homes sold fell. This is according to new figures from Statistics Netherlands (CBS), the Netherlands’ Cadastre, Land Registry and Mapping Agency (Kadaster) and Eurostat.
More than 59 thousand existing owner-occupied homes were sold in Q2 2026. That was 2.7 percent higher than the same quarter last year. In the previous quarter, the year-on-year increase was 8.7 percent. A total of 64.6 thousand homes (both existing and newbuild) were sold in Q2, with a total sale value of 31.8 billion euros.
| Jaar | Kwartaal | Newbuild homes (% year-on-year change) | Existing homes (% year-on-year change) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Q1 | 4.7 | 29.2 |
| 2021 | Q2 | 9.5 | -3.9 |
| 2021 | Q3 | 11.5 | -13.4 |
| 2021 | Q4 | -0.8 | -21 |
| 2022 | Q1 | 0.9 | -34.1 |
| 2022 | Q2 | -13.9 | -10.2 |
| 2022 | Q3 | -32.9 | -6.4 |
| 2022 | Q4 | -49.9 | -2.8 |
| 2023 | Q1 | -51.4 | -7.9 |
| 2023 | Q2 | -55.7 | -6.1 |
| 2023 | Q3 | -27 | -6.9 |
| 2023 | Q4 | 16.9 | -1.6 |
| 2024 | Q1 | 43.6 | 9.9 |
| 2024 | Q2 | 88.4 | 7.7 |
| 2024 | Q3 | 73.4 | 15.3 |
| 2024 | Q4 | 40.4 | 18.6 |
| 2025 | Q1 | 31.2 | 15.8 |
| 2025 | Q2 | 1.9 | 19.8 |
| 2025 | Q3 | -12.7 | 15.6 |
| 2025 | Q4 | -7.3 | 12.2 |
| 2026 | Q1 | -18.6 | 8.7 |
| 2026 | Q2 | -11.2 | 2.7 |
| Source: CBS, Kadaster | |||
House prices on the rise
The average sale price for an existing home was up by 4.2 percent in Q2 2026 (year on year). That increase was lower than in Q1 2026, when the average price of an existing owner-occupied homes rose by 5.2 percent, year on year. The average sale price for existing homes was 492 thousand euros.
The average price of a newbuild home was also up, by 4.7 percent, year on year. In the previous quarter (Q1 2026), newbuild homes rose in price by 5.6 percent. The average sale price for a newbuild home in Q2 2026 was 514 thousand euros.
| Jaar | Kwartaal | Newbuild homes (% year-on-year change) | Existing homes (% year-on-year change) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Q1 | 11.5 | 10.2 |
| 2021 | Q2 | 10.9 | 12.8 |
| 2021 | Q3 | 8.8 | 17.3 |
| 2021 | Q4 | 13.0 | 19.5 |
| 2022 | Q1 | 12.6 | 20.1 |
| 2022 | Q2 | 13.4 | 18.1 |
| 2022 | Q3 | 14.4 | 11.6 |
| 2022 | Q4 | 11.3 | 4.7 |
| 2023 | Q1 | 7.1 | -1.1 |
| 2023 | Q2 | 4.1 | -5.4 |
| 2023 | Q3 | 1.4 | -4.5 |
| 2023 | Q4 | 2.6 | -0.3 |
| 2024 | Q1 | 2.0 | 3.8 |
| 2024 | Q2 | 0.3 | 8.6 |
| 2024 | Q3 | 4.5 | 11.1 |
| 2024 | Q4 | 5.6 | 11.5 |
| 2025 | Q1 | 9.4 | 10.9 |
| 2025 | Q2 | 8.0 | 9.7 |
| 2025 | Q3 | 8.8 | 7.8 |
| 2025 | Q4 | 6.2 | 6.2 |
| 2026 | Q1 | 5.6 | 5.2 |
| 2026 | Q2 | 4.7 | 4.2 |
| Source: CBS, Kadaster | |||
Price increase is around the European average
The price increase for all owner-occupied homes sold in the Netherlands (4.3 percent) was very close to the average for the European Union as a whole (4.7 percent). Portugal recorded the highest price increase for the second consecutive quarter, at 16.5 percent. The sharpest decline in prices was in Finland (down by 2.7 percent), where house prices have been falling since the end of 2022. This quarter also saw prices fall in France (down by 0.8 percent) and Luxembourg (down by 2.2 percent).
| Land | Average price of owner-occupied home (% year-on-year change) |
|---|---|
| Portugal | 16.5 |
| Bulgaria | 15.5 |
| Lithuania | 14.3 |
| Slovakia | 13.6 |
| Croatia | 12.7 |
| Spain | 12.1 |
| Romania | 12.1 |
| Latvia | 11.4 |
| Hungary | 10.2 |
| Denmark | 9.4 |
| Slovenia | 9.1 |
| Czechia | 8.6 |
| Cyprus | 7.9 |
| Malta | 6.9 |
| Poland | 6.3 |
| Ireland | 6.0 |
| Estonia | 5.8 |
| Austria | 5.1 |
| Sweden | 4.8 |
| European Union | 4.7 |
| Netherlands | 4.3 |
| Italy | 4.0 |
| Belgium | 2.1 |
| Germany | 0.6 |
| France | -0.8 |
| Luxembourg | -2.2 |
| Finland | -2.7 |
| Source: CBS, Eurostat | |
| 1) No data on Greece. | |