Dutch-Mortgage

The number of houses sold in The Netherlands has dropped considerably in April 2012. Last month the cadastral survey registered 8236 houses sold. This is 18.2% drop compared to the same month last year. All types of houses were sold less. Apartments saw the largest drop in sales, 21.4%. Detached [...]

De Telegraaf (largest newspaper in The Netherlands) has gotten hold of the measures that the Dutch political parties VVD, CDA, D66, GL and CU want to introduce to prevent a budgetary deficit in 2013. This is what’s going to happen on the housing market. – As from 1 January 2013 [...]

There is a risk of a ‘lost decade’ of low economic growth in Europe, during which the Netherlands will be particularly vulnerable because of its enormous mortgage debt, the Netherlands Bank (DNB) said in a report on Thursday. The bank says European leaders must continue with austerity measures in order [...]

The Netherlands charges non-EU nationals too much money for a residency permit, the European Court of Justice said on Thursday. The case was brought by the European Commission. While legislation allows member states to set their own fees, the cost should not be so high that applicants cannot afford a [...]

There is still air in the Dutch housing market balloon. Compared to the same quarter last year house prices dropped by 5.8%. There are some exceptions though. Dutch real estate association NVM reckons that the 1st quarter of 2012 was the worst since the start of the credit crisis. In [...]

First-time buyers rushing to jump on the property ladder before the end of a stamp duty holiday helped UK house prices jump 2.2 per cent in March, the Halifax revealed last Wednesday. The bank said the average house price was £163,803 (€198,575) in March as the number of completed sales [...]

Having analysed 21 established property markets worldwide, The Economist magazine has compiled a list of the most expensive home prices when compared against rents. The report reveals that Canada is the most overpriced property market of the 21 nations, with average prices 76% overvalued. Prices of homes in Canada are [...]

Some 5,800 people came to the Netherlands to work under the highly-skilled migrant (kennismigrant) scheme last year, including a record 1,880 academics, the immigration service IND said in its annual report, published on Tuesday. The total is up slightly on 2010, the IND said. Most highly-skilled migrants came from India [...]

The Netherlands is not the only country in Europe with a large mortgage debt. Great Britain also seems to face a challenge.  Martin Wheatley, the CEO of Financial Stability Authority (FSA), the British counterpart of the Dutch AFM, warned recently that hundreds of thousands of Brits ought to pay off their interest only [...]

Amsterdam metropolitan area will see 150000 new jobs in the next 5 years. The Amsterdam workforce population will grow by 19000 people. Next to that 100000 people will retire. Schools and universities will supply just enough workers to meet the demand. Not all these people are going to proceed their [...]

If the mortgage deduction is eliminated the motivation to own a home would fall, especially where home values are ...