# Average Dutch home costs €503,000 as fewer buyers pay above asking price

> The average existing home cost €503,000 in the third quarter, up 1.8% on a year earlier, as listings rose 24% and fewer homes sold above the asking price, the estate agents' association NVM says.

Housing · published 2026-10-17 21:17 · https://nlnow.nl/a/dutch-homebuyers-get-more-choice-as-price-growth-slows-to-1-8/

Buyers in the Netherlands had more choice in the third quarter of 2026. Estate agents belonging to NVM had 39,000 existing homes for sale, 24% more than a year earlier. They sold about 41,700, roughly the same as a year earlier and 8% fewer than in the previous quarter.

NVM says the market is still tight nationally. Nearly two-thirds of homes sold went for more than the asking price, against 71% a year earlier. Homes took 31 days to sell on average, against 29 days. NVM's tightness indicator rose to 2.8 from 2.3; anything below 5 counts as a tight market.

Regional differences are large. Prices rose 8.3% in Zuidwest-Drenthe and 6.7% in Noord-Limburg, but only 0.6% in Groot-Amsterdam. They fell slightly in Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, Overig Zeeland and the Haarlem and Leiden areas.

**Annual house price growth has slowed steadily since late 2024** (% change on a year earlier; source: CBS and Kadaster)

- Sep 2024: 11.4
- Oct 2024: 11.5
- Nov 2024: 11.9
- Dec 2024: 11
- Jan 2025: 11.5
- Feb 2025: 10.6
- Mar 2025: 10.6
- Apr 2025: 10.2
- May 2025: 9.7
- Jun 2025: 9.3
- Jul 2025: 8.6
- Aug 2025: 7.9
- Sep 2025: 7
- Oct 2025: 6.6
- Nov 2025: 6.1
- Dec 2025: 5.8
- Jan 2026: 5.4
- Feb 2026: 5.4
- Mar 2026: 5
- Apr 2026: 4.3
- May 2026: 4.4
- Jun 2026: 4.1
- Jul 2026: 3.9
- Aug 2026: 3.3

In new-build, about 21,500 homes were for sale, up about 17% on a year earlier and the highest level since the end of 2015. Sales fell to about 6,000, from 6,400 a year earlier. The median new-build price was €504,000, and the price per square metre rose 4.8% to about €5,320.

Lana Goutsmits-Gerssen, chair of NVM Wonen, said: "More supply gives home buyers a bit more breathing room." She called for a rethink of self-occupancy and anti-speculation clauses, and for more varied new-build instead of small apartments.

## Background

- **NVM (Nederlandse Vereniging van Makelaars)**: The Dutch Association of Estate Agents is the professional trade body for makelaars (estate agents) in the Netherlands, and its members must follow its rules and code of conduct. Its market figures on homes for sale and homes sold cover properties handled by its member agents, not the entire Dutch housing market.

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