Homes in the Netherlands selling faster in 2025 despite price increases, higher volume

Houses sold faster in 2025 than a year earlier, reports property website Funda. The number of homes listed on Funda also grew this year. Due to the ongoing shortage in the housing market, asking prices for homes increased as well.

Funda reports that 263,959 homes were listed this year, up 20 percent from 2024. Of these, 195,392 were sold through the platform. The average time a house stayed on the market fell to 33 days, 12 days less than the previous year. Meanwhile, the average asking price per square meter climbed 6 percent to 4,624 euros.

Major cities continue to dominate property searches. In 2025, the top five cities remain Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam, Utrecht, and Groningen. Nijmegen stood out as a new entry, moving into the top 10 at the expense of Arnhem.

The town of Grave experienced the biggest jump in property searches compared with 2024, with searches rising over 50 percent. This surge was mainly driven by the sale of seven apartments in the renovated Katrien building, made famous by the TV program Het Blok, which drew more than 65,000 views per apartment.

Zeeland offered buyers the greatest chance of success, as in 2024, with Funda listings attracting the fewest responses per home, indicating lower competition. The province also had the lowest average price per square meter at 3,151 euros.

Flevoland, by contrast, saw the highest competition, with the most responses per listing, while Noord-Holland commanded the highest price per square meter at 6,201 euros.

In 2025, the priciest listing on Funda was a historic double canal house from 1653 in central Amsterdam, valued at 16 million euros. The most popular property, in terms of views, was a home in Hoenderloo that needed full demolition and reconstruction. Its low asking price of 75,000 euros drew considerable interest, though it stayed on the market for nearly half a year, likely because of the yearly ground rent.

Homebuyers in 2025 showed the greatest interest in homes costing up to 500,000 euros and with at least 100 square meters of living space. Properties with energy labels C or higher and those built after 2020 were particularly popular. Detached houses and homes with two or more bedrooms were the most in demand.