Average Netherlands home price rose by 4.4% to €487,383 in May

The price for an existing owner-occupied home rose slightly more last month than the month before, Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reported based on figures from the Land Registry. In May, an existing owner-occupied home was on average 4.4 percent more expensive than a year earlier. In April, home prices rose by 4.3 percent compared to the same month in 2025.

On average, an existing owner-occupied home cost €487,383 last month. That is 0.6 percent higher than in April.

In previous months, the price increase leveld off. According to CBS chief economist Peter Hein van Mulligen, it is difficult to explain this slight break in that trend. “We have been seeing house prices showing an upward trend for quite some time,” he said. And there are signs of further price increases. “Incomes have risen significantly, and people still have a lot of savings available, so even if interest rates are high, people can still afford a mortgage.”

In recent months, the price increase has slowed due to investors selling off rental properties on a large scale, partly due to stricter regulations in the rental market. That increased the supply of owner-occupied homes.

Van Mulligen believes that the biggest sell-off wave is over, but it is still happening. According to him, it is difficult to say how this will impact home prices.

Home prices rose sharply until the summer of 2022. After that, there was a decline for some time. From June 2023, the trend reversed again, and home prices started rising once more. In May of this year, average prices were 16.6 percent higher than during the peak in 2022.

The Land Registry recorded 2.5 percent fewer transactions in May than in the same period a year earlier. In total, 19,120 owner-occupied homes changed hands last month. In the first five months of this year, the Land Registry recorded 94,523 home sales; that is 5 percent more than last year.