Amsterdam has ambitious plans to develop 68,000 new homes in the coming years and is looking for partners to make its construction programme a reality. Housing chief Alexander Scholtes is seeking investors who set high standards for affordability, design and sustainability.
The Dutch government is updating the conditions for exempting foreign pension funds from corporation tax requirements, marking a long-awaited shift in policy as part of efforts to boost international investment in residential property.
Rotterdam has one of the biggest ports in the world and a fast-growing young population. The city has plans to build 15,000 new homes over the next four years and is appealing for international investors to bring in capital. City housing chief Chantal Zeegers explains.
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The Dutch government has announced a €500 million subsidy package for private investors to encourage more investment in affordable housing.
Dutch housing minister Elanor Boekholt-O’Sullivan has confirmed that she will publish new plans to stimulate mid market rental construction after the summer recess.
A number of Holland Metropole partners have signed an agreement to speed up the construction of between 7,500 and 8,000 homes in the Binckhorst redevelopment area in The Hague.
The Dutch residential property investment climate will get a boost from the Dutch government in the September budget, visitors to the Provada real estate fair in Amsterdam were told last week.
The new Dutch government says it is putting restoring international investor confidence at the heart of its strategy to solve the housing crisis. Developers say there is still more which could be done.
Dutch housing minister Elanor Boekholt-O'Sullivan has outlined several changes to current affordable housing legislation that she hopes will encourage more private landlords to offer rental properties in the Netherlands and boost housing supply by 100,000 units a year.
Dutch real estate trade fair Provada has introduced a new event for the June 2026 edition – a special day for international investors interested in finding out more about the Dutch residential real estate market.
The Hague city council has given the green light to plans to build 11,400 homes close to the Hollands Spoor railway station in the next stage of a project to redevelop a major part of the city centre.
International investors have plenty of opportunities for growth in the Netherlands, given that the housing shortage is increasing and rents are rising, according to research by Capital Value.
Eelco Eerenberg, in charge of housing and planning for Utrecht city council since 2019, has been sworn in as junior finance minister in the new Dutch government.
Ireland-born airforce general Elanor Boekholt-O’Sullivan is set to become housing minister in the new Dutch cabinet, where she will be tasked with tackling the housing shortage and encouraging international investors to return to the residential sector.
The new Dutch government has made increasing the housing supply the “top priority” of its four-year term, cutting the property transfer tax for investors from 8% to 7% and reiterating earlier government pledges to build 100,000 new homes a year. It has also pledged to shape legislation to improve the residential investment climate.
Holland Metropole partner Bouwinvest has bought a 933-home project in south-east Amsterdam from fellow partners AM and Ballast Nedam. But Bouwinvest Residential Fund investment fund manager, Paul van Stiphout warns that the Netherlands will need plenty of foreign capital to ensure residential development continues.
More details have been finalised about plans to redevelop part of Rotterdam’s urban docks, with two area projects getting the green light from city officials.
Dutch residential investors will have pumped a record €3.6 billion into new-build rental housing in the Netherlands by the end of this year, according to an analysis by Capital Value. At the same time, however, the report highlighted the absence of international investors, who will have accounted for just 1% of transaction volume in residential real estate in 2025.
The Dutch government has announced a €2.5 billion investment programme to improve roads, cycle paths, tunnels and tram routes, and to boost access to new housing developments across the country.
Institutional capital must play a central role in meeting Europe’s housing, demographic and sustainability challenges, real estate leaders agreed at a panel organised by the Holland Metropole alliance, UKCAP and others at EXPO REAL 2025 in Munich.
The Netherlands has sent a high-level delegation to this year’s Expo Real in Munich, including housing minister Mona Keijzer, as part of a drive to attract foreign investors to the Dutch residential sector.
The Netherlands’ housing shortage is both a major challenge and an opportunity to be tackled together, Dutch housing minister Mona Keijzer said at the opening of the Holland Metropole stand at Expo Real on Monday.
The Holland Metropole alliance is heading for Expo Real in Munich with a heavyweight delegation of 37 partner cities, investors and developers as well as two start-ups. Dutch housing minister Mona Keijzer is also attending the fair and will formally open the Holland Metropole stand.