Homeowners to pay 4.8% more in municipal taxes and levies next year

Homeowners will pay an average of 4.8 percent, or 45 euros, more in municipal taxes and levies in 2025. This is evident from a sample survey by the homeowners association Vereniging Eigen Huis (VEH) into housing costs in 113 municipalities that have already published the figures.

Although the average increase of 4.8 percent seems limited, there will be significant outliers again next year, said VEH. In municipalities like Reusel-De Mierden, Barendrecht, Overbetuwe, Hillegom, Rijssen-Holten, and Druten, the costs will increase by 10 to 17 percent. Homeowners will pay between 70 and 180 euros more, according to the research that De Telegraaf first reported about on Friday.

The differences between municipalities are large. The highest increase in the sample is, just like this year, in Renkum in Gelderland, where the property tax (ozb), the most decisive component of municipal housing costs, will increase by 39 percent next year. In the past two years, the property tax for a homeowner here increased by an average of 277 euros. Municipalities like Albrandswaard, Schiermonnikoog, and Ridderkerk are also charging their residents at least 15 percent more.

In 12 municipalities in the sample, the property tax will decrease next year. The largest decrease is in Dongen by 4.8 percent. That saves homeowners there approximately 20 euros per year.

VEH warned that local housing costs could increase considerably again next year. Deficits in the municipal budgets will have to be covered by a higher tax on homeowners. “Despite the predicted financial deficits in 2026, municipalities are not yet anticipating this with a property tax increase,” said the organization.