The Dutch housing market continued to cool in the first quarter of 2026, with buyers overbidding less aggressively for a second straight quarter, sales dropping sharply and more sellers cutting asking prices, according to a new report.Average overbidding fell to 4.7 percent above the asking price from 5.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2025, Huispedia reported Thursday. Roughly 65,000 homes were sold, an 11.9 percent decline from the previous quarter. The share of homes that sold above asking price also dropped, from 73 percent to 71.4 percent.