Existing Dutch homes cost 2.9% more than a year ago
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) and the land registry Kadaster say existing homes cost 2.9% more than a year earlier, down from 3.3% in August, and sales fell by just over 7%; regional rises in the third quarter ranged from 1.8% to 5.7%.
Existing owner-occupied homes in the Netherlands cost on average 2.9% more in September 2026 than a year earlier, Statistics Netherlands (CBS) and the land registry Kadaster reported. In August the annual rise was 3.3%. Prices fell by 0.4% from August.
The annual rise has slowed almost continuously since November 2024, when it stood at 11.9%.
Prices peaked in July 2022, then fell for a time and began rising again in June 2023. In September 2026 they were on average 17.3% above that peak.
Kadaster registered 20,383 home transactions in September, just over 7% fewer than a year earlier. In the first nine months of 2026, 176,411 homes were sold, almost 3% more than a year earlier.
The average sale price of an existing home in September was €504,658. That average is not adjusted for quality differences between homes, unlike the price index CBS uses to track price trends.
Separately, CBS put consumer price inflation at 3.4% in September, up from 3.3% in August.
Regional figures for the third quarter show large differences. Prices in Friesland and Drenthe rose 5.7% on a year earlier, against 1.8% in Noord-Holland, the lowest rise of any province for the sixth quarter in a row.
Among the four largest cities, prices rose 4.4% in The Hague, 2.9% in Rotterdam, 2% in Utrecht and 1% in Amsterdam.
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CBS (Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek)
Statistics Netherlands, the independent government body that produces the official statistics on the Dutch economy and society.
Kadaster
The Kadaster is the Dutch land registry, a government agency that keeps the public register of land and property in the Netherlands. It records who owns each property, along with mortgage rights and other registered rights, and processes the transfer of property when a home is sold. Its data is also used to publish house price statistics together with Statistics Netherlands (CBS).