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Netherlands housing market: homes for sale up 24% in Q3 2026

Existing homes for sale through Dutch NVM agents rose 24% over the year to about 39,000 in the third quarter, while sales held flat and overbidding eased.

The facts

  • About 39,000 existing homes were on sale through NVM-affiliated agents in the third quarter, +24% on the year and 6% up on the quarter, NVM reported on 8 October 2026.
  • NVM agents sold about 41,700 existing homes, 8% down on the second quarter but, by NVM's own description, roughly flat on the year.
  • Their average transaction price was €503,000, up 1.8% over the year.
  • NVM's scarcity indicator rose to 2.8 from 2.3 a year earlier; on its scale a higher reading means more choice for buyers, though below 5 still counts as a tight market.
  • Homes took 31 days to sell against 29 a year earlier, and almost two thirds sold above asking price, down from 71%.

What it means for your money

  • Entering is easier than a year ago: 39,000 homes for sale, +24%, and fewer overbids. Prices still rose 1.8%.
  • The room opened in competition, not price: almost two thirds of sales still cleared above asking price, so the premium shrank rather than vanished.
  • On rental income, Glopra's own calculation from NVM's second-quarter figures gives a 4.83% gross yield: €4,798 median transaction price per square metre against €19.32 average free-market rent per square metre a month.
  • An owner already holding there has been selling into a slower market, against a buyer with more alternatives.

What to watch

  • That yield pairs a median price with an average rent, both from the second quarter and both covering NVM members only: the price spans all dwelling types, the rent only free-market lettings.
  • The per-square-metre price for existing homes sits in the annex to NVM's quarterly overview, not in this release; the second-quarter figure there is €4,798.

Sources: NVM, Meer keuze voor kopers woningverkopen blijven op peil, 8 October 2026 https://www.nvm.nl/nieuws/2026/nvm-meer-keuze-voor-kopers-woningverkopen-blijven-op-peil/; NVM Marktoverzicht Nederland 2e kwartaal 2026, annex 2 https://www.nvm.nl/media/bsbavdre/bijlage-2-marktoverzicht-nederland-2e-kwartaal-2026.pdf; NVM and VGM NL free-sector rent release, 29 July 2026 https://www.nvm.nl/nieuws/2026/meer-huurtransacties-doch-schaarste-houdt-de-vrije-huursector-in-zijn-greep/

Market data: Netherlands