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a colorful group of apartment buildings on the edge of Annie M.G. Schmidt park in Lansingerland, 29 August 2020
Business
Private sector in free fall as landlords continue to dump rentals; 65,000 sold last year
26 February 2026 - 08:09
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Mona Keijzer
Business
Housing Minister considering measures to stop mass sell-off of rental properties
27 February 2025 - 17:00
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Street with new built classic style homes in Rotterdam
Business
Landlords still selling off rentals on a large scale; First-time buyers profiting
27 February 2025 - 07:35
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Apartment building with balconies in Rotterdam
Business
Landlords still selling off property, but total number of rentals stable: Land Registry
21 November 2024 - 07:36
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Street with new built classic style homes in Rotterdam
Business
Private investors massively selling off rental homes
28 March 2024 - 08:48
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Apartment building with balconies in Rotterdam
Business
Investors withdrawing from Dutch housing market
28 June 2023 - 11:20
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A sign advertising an apartment for sale in Amsterdam. 23 May 2023
Business
First-time buyers not benefiting from higher transfer tax for investors
27 June 2023 - 17:05
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An apartment block in Rotterdam in September 2015
Business
Purchase protection benefiting first-time buyers in Dutch housing market: study
19 June 2023 - 11:55
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Amsterdam homes over a canal
Business
Amsterdam to solve housing crisis by 2040 by preventing homes becoming revenue model
13 February 2023 - 08:28
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An apartment for sale in Amsterdam Oost. 7 October 2022
PoliticsBusiness
Amsterdam homeowners fined €22,000 for violating city's buy-to-let ban
1 February 2023 - 17:00
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A "not for sale" sticker in protest of high rents spotted in Amsterdam Oost, 4 July 2022
PoliticsBusiness
Left-wing parties want to ban investors from buying owner-occupied homes to rent out
7 November 2022 - 07:32
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Houses in the suburban area in the Netherlands in 2015
Business
Over a third of Dutch municipalities taking action against property speculators
9 August 2022 - 11:20
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Houses of Amsterdam
Business
Expats pushing private sector rents; Commercial rents also rising
21 April 2022 - 08:08
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Houses of Amsterdam
Business
Amsterdam's partial ban on buy-to-let taking effect on 1 April
3 February 2022 - 09:02
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Sunny winter day in Amsterdam
Business
More homes in Amsterdam are free market rentals than owner-occupied
2 February 2022 - 09:04
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Residential neighborhood in The Hague
PoliticsBusiness
The Hague nears ban on purchasing low-cost homes as rental properties
24 December 2021 - 10:06
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Home for sale on Sumatrastraat in Amsterdam-Oost, 11 November 2021
Business
Over 130 municipalities keeping investors out of owner-occupied housing market
19 November 2021 - 08:39
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Moon over Rotterdam, 26 June 2018
Business
Rotterdam homes worth under €355K can’t be rented out
17 November 2021 - 10:30
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Apartments in Utrecht
Business
Utrecht also wants to block investors from buying homes just to rent them out
10 November 2021 - 10:07
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Residential neighborhood in The Hague
PoliticsBusiness
The Hague also plans to block investors from buying homes to rent them
4 November 2021 - 17:40
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Amsterdam
Business
Amsterdam to oblige homeowners to live in homes worth less than €512,000
3 November 2021 - 12:30
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Amsterdam
Business
Amsterdam homes being renovated, not deliberately kept empty: U.S. investor
2 September 2021 - 20:30
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Amsterdam city scape at dusk
Business
Dutch cities want to ban property investors in all neighborhoods
2 September 2021 - 08:47
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For sale sign
Business
Gov't set to cap more apartment rent increases; Block investors from buying more homes
16 May 2020 - 08:05

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