New-Build Home Sales Fall for a Third Straight Quarter
The Dutch housing market showed a mixed picture in the first quarter of 2026: fewer new-build homes changed hands, while sales of existing homes and overall house prices continued to rise.
In Q1 2026, 5,126 new-build homes were sold in the Netherlands — a 19.1% decrease compared to the same quarter a year earlier. This marks the third consecutive quarter of declining new-build home sales, according to fresh figures from Statistics Netherlands (CBS), the Dutch Land Registry (Kadaster), and Eurostat.
Existing home sales told a different story. Almost 56,000 existing homes were sold in Q1 2026, up 8.7% year-on-year. Combined, 61,075 homes (both new-build and existing) were sold during the quarter, representing a total sales value of more than €30 billion.
House Prices Continue to Rise, Though Growth Is Slowing
Prices for existing homes sold in the first quarter were 5.2% higher than a year earlier. That's a slower pace of growth than the previous quarter, when existing home prices rose 6.2% year-on-year. The average sale price of an existing home reached €492,000.
New-build home prices also rose, climbing 4.6% compared to the same quarter last year — again a slight slowdown from the 6.2% increase recorded the previous quarter. The average sale price of a new-build home was €516,000.
Dutch Price Growth Tracks Close to the European Average
Across all home sales in the Netherlands, prices rose 5.2% year-on-year, putting the country almost exactly in line with the European Union average of 5.1%.
Among EU countries, Portugal recorded the sharpest price increase, at 17.8%. Finland was the only country where house prices fell — a decline that has now persisted since late 2022.
Source: Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Kadaster, and Eurostat.