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  1. Unregulated housing sector supply reduces further, rental prices increase

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    The average square metre price of a rental home in the unregulated housing sector increased by 8.5 percent in the fourth quarter of 2023 compared to a year ago. New tenants paid €18.01 per square metre per month, as reported by the property portal Pararius. In comparison to the previous year, the number of rental homes in the unregulated housing sector available for new tenants has decreased by 15.6 percent. 

  2. Increasing amount of Dutch rental properties are being put up for sale

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    Of all the homes listed for sale in the Netherlands in the third quarter of 2023, 7 percent originated from the unregulated rental sector. This percentage has seen a significant increase over the past year, going from 4 to 7 percent, as reported by the housing platform Pararius. The number of available unregulated rental homes for new tenants has decreased by 31.7 percent in a year, while the number of responses to these available rental homes continues to rise. The average square metre price of a rental home in the Dutch unregulated sector increased by 5.2 percent in the third quarter of 2023 compared to a year ago. In four of the five largest cities in the Netherlands, the square metre price increased much more than the national average.

  3. Rental prices in the Netherlands continue to rise 

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    In the second quarter of 2023, the five largest cities in the Netherlands saw a 27 percent decrease in the number of rental properties offered compared to a year ago, according to property portal Pararius. The average price per square metre in the unregulated sector increased by 5 to almost 8 percent in these cities.

  4. Average rental prices rise in large cities in the Netherlands due to scarce rental offering

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    In the Netherlands’ five largest cities, the average price per square metre of rental housing in the unregulated sector increased in the first quarter of 2023 compared to the year before, housing platform Pararius reports. The same happened in nearly 75 percent of large and medium-sized cities. In Amsterdam, The Hague and Rotterdam, the price per square metre increased by more than 4 percent. There is growing concern among Dutch real estate experts about the cabinet's plans for the rental market as their effects are already visible. Tenants are responding en masse to vacant rental properties while the overall Dutch rental supply is declining.

  5. Rent falls nationally in the Dutch unregulated housing sector

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    The average price per square metre of a rental home in the unregulated housing sector in the Netherlands fell by 1.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2022 compared to a year earlier. Shell and furnished rental homes rose in price, while the price of upholstered homes went down. Compared to a year earlier, the number of unregulated sector rental properties that became available to new tenants in the Netherlands fell by 8.9 percent.

  6. Prices increase slightly in the Dutch unregulated rental sector

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    The average rent of a rental property in the unregulated housing sector in the Netherlands rose by 0.6 percent in the third quarter of 2022 compared with a year ago. Shell and furnished rental homes rose in price, the price of upholstered homes remained the same. A rental home would be online for an average of 34 days, 8 days less than a year ago.

  7. Rent rise in the Dutch unregulated sector leveling off slightly

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    In the second quarter of 2022, the average rent for unregulated sector rental properties in the Netherlands rose by 1.3 percent compared with a year ago. This is evident from figures from property portal Pararius. The rental market shows a very different picture than the owner-occupied market, where prices rose by 10.6 percent in the second quarter of 2022.

  8. Rents in the Netherlands have risen further

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    The square metre price of rental homes in the Netherlands rose by an average of 6.7 percent in the first quarter of 2022 compared with a year ago, according to figures from property portal Pararius. New tenants paid 5.4 percent more for a shell (not furnished nor upholstered) rental, 9.1 percent more for an upholstered rental home and 6.1 percent more for a furnished rental home.

  9. Prices Dutch unregulated housing sector reach new high

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    For the second consecutive quarter the square metre price of rental homes in the Dutch unregulated sector continues to climb, according to figures from property portal Pararius. In the fourth quarter of 2021, new tenants paid an average of 5.3 percent more than in the fourth quarter of 2020. This is the largest percentage increase since the third quarter of 2018, when rents rose by 5.9 percent.

  10. Dutch unregulated housing sector rents on the rise again 

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    The average square metre price of rental properties in the Dutch unregulated sector rose by 2.5 percent in the third quarter of 2021 compared to a year ago. During the previous four quarters, rents in the unregulated sector have been falling as a result of Covid-19, but this quarter saw a price increase. 

  11. Rental prices in the Dutch unregulated sector drop further

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    The average square-metre price of rentals in the Dutch unregulated housing sector fell by 2 percent in the second quarter of 2021 compared to last year. New tenants paid € 16.37 per square metre per month, according to figures from property portal Pararius. This is the fourth consecutive quarter in which a price decline was measured.

  12. Rental price decline trends in largest Dutch cities - real estate data

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    The average square-metre price of rental properties in the Dutch unregulated housing sector fell by 2.4 percent in the first quarter of 2021, compared to a year ago. New tenants paid €16.34 per square metre per month, according to figures from property portal Pararius.