Prices of housing construction plots increased 13.6% in 2025

The prices of new-build plots rose by an average of 15.3 percent in the fourth quarter compared to a year earlier, according to data from Statistics Netherlands. Across all of 2025, prices for land intended for single-family housing were on average 13.6 percent higher than in 2024.

According to Statistics Netherlands, price growth has accelerated every quarter since late 2023. The main factor behind this rise is the limited availability of land for building new homes.

Last year, land designated for terraced housing recorded the sharpest price growth, climbing by 17.5 percent, Statistics Netherlands reports. In contrast, plots for semi-detached homes experienced the smallest increase, rising by 6.9 percent.

Land prices climbed most sharply in Drenthe in 2025, surging by 23.1 percent. By contrast, Zeeland saw only a modest rise, with prices increasing by 1.4 percent. Despite Zeeland’s relatively small plot price increase of 1.4 percent, the province continues to have below-average housing prices. In 2025, the average sale price for an existing home was approximately 367,000 euros.

Even though plot prices in Utrecht grew less sharply than in Drenthe last year, the province is still among the priciest for new-build land. In 2024, plots cost about 1,100 euros per square meter there, significantly higher than the national average of roughly 767 euros per square meter.

The average price for a new-build plot in the Netherlands was around 767 euros per square meter in 2024, according to figures from Statistics Netherlands. The 15.3 percent rise in the final quarter of 2025 reflects an ongoing acceleration, with price increases climbing steadily every quarter since late 2023.

In 2025, plot prices increased by an average of 13.6 percent, while the average price of a fully built new home at the start of the year was roughly 504,000 euros.

The housing shortfall in the Netherlands persisted through 2025, reaching an estimated 410,000 homes by early 2026. This suggests that the number of new homes being built falls well short of meeting rising demand.

Higher wages combined with modestly reduced mortgage rates enabled buyers to bid more, driving land prices even higher.

Even though building permits climbed to roughly 62,000 in 2024, the figure is still far short of the government’s annual goal of 100,000 new homes.