The price increase of an existing home in 2025 was approximately equal to the increase in 2024 (8.7 percent). As in 2024, the number of homes that changed owners in the Netherlands was higher than the previous year. In 2025, the number of housing transactions amounted to 238,695. That is 15.6 percent more than a year earlier. Only in 2017 was the number of transactions higher (241,860).
In 2025, for the first time since the start of the measurement, the price increase in Drenthe was the largest of all provinces. The price increase was 11.1 percent. In 7 of the 12 provinces, the price increase of existing owner-occupied homes was higher than the average in the Netherlands. The price increase in South Holland and Limburg was equal to the average. The smallest increase was in North Holland at 6.1 percent.
The increase in the number of housing transactions was higher than average in 5 of the 12 provinces. The largest increase was in the province of Utrecht (over 19 percent) and the smallest in Flevoland (almost 12 percent).
The municipality of Utrecht recorded the largest price increase among the four largest cities (9.4 percent). The price increase in Amsterdam was the smallest at 3.6 percent. Also, in Rotterdam and The Hague, the price increase was lower than average in the Netherlands (7.2 and 7.7 percent respectively).
In Utrecht, the increase in the number of housing transactions was the largest (20.1 percent). Also in Utrecht, The Hague, and Amsterdam, the increase in the number of transactions was higher than average in the Netherlands.
In 2025, for the second year in a row, all types of homes were more expensive than a year earlier. The price increase was largest for terraced houses, corner houses, and semi-detached houses, each with 9.3 percent. The price increase was smallest for apartments at 7.3 percent. Detached houses were 8.5 percent more expensive than a year earlier.
With 24.6 percent, the increase in the number of transactions was by far the largest for apartments. The increase in the number of transactions was smallest for detached houses (8.9 percent). More than a third of all housing transactions in 2025 involved an apartment.
The NVM also published about the housing market a week ago. The figures from the NVM and CBS/Land Registry may differ. This is because the NVM figures are based on purchase agreements of homes sold by NVM brokers, while CBS and the Land Registry measure the price development of all existing owner-occupied homes in the Netherlands using the purchase deeds registered at the Land Registry.
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