Dutch residential market 2019

Based on our assessment of the dynamics, opportunities and threats of the Dutch residential market over 2019, we arrived at following vision of the Dutch residential market:

Our vision of the Dutch residential market

• Investors’ appetite is expected to remain high

• Investors looking further afield, driven by yield compression and lack of supply in key cities

• Public policies focus on increasing supply of homes

• Quantitative shortage of homes, as production continues to lag high demand

• Affordability is on the agenda of the national government and local authorities

• Both investors and tenants are increasingly focusing on sustainability

• Number of single-person and elderly households increasing rapidly

• Urbanisation and ageing driving demographic developments

• Attractiveness of Dutch housing market is increasing the competition for quality assets