The latest figures from housing platform Pararius show that the average national rental price of homes in the free sector has increased by 2.5%. After a period of declining rents, an increase has been seen. As a result of COVID-19, a decrease was observed over the past four months. Only in the sector with bare rental housing, there is a decrease of 4.9%.
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In the third quarter of 2021, the average price per square meter for a furnished house was €18.99 per month in the free sector. This is a -2.7 percent difference from a year earlier. Prices of unfurnished homes rose by an average of 2.9 percent to €15.98 per square meter per month. The average rental price of a bare rental home fell 4.9% last quarter to €12.60 per square meter per month.
Developments in the five major cities (G5)
Pararius figures show an increase in rental prices in all five major cities. In the third quarter of 2021, the average rent in Utrecht rose 5.2% to €18.38 per square meter per month. The average rent in Amsterdam rose 1.6% to €22.44 per square meter per month. In The Hague, the average rent increased by 1.9% to €16.30 per square meter per month. In Eindhoven, the average rent increased by 8.1% to €14.85 per square meter per month. In Rotterdam, the average rent increased by 1.9% compared to Q3 2020 to an average square meter price of €16.36 per month.
Developments outside the G5
Other cities are also showing increases in rents. In many cities, rents increased by percentages between 5- and 10% last quarter. In only a small number of cities did average rents fall. In Amersfoort, the average rent dropped by 1.2%, in Middelburg by 8.1% and in Roermond by 7.1%.
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