Amsterdam, real estate

    real-estate websites

    A few popular national real estate websites in the Netherlands: All websites are only in Dutch language. The realtor agencies speak besides Dutch also English.
    - Funda (www.funda.nl)
    - Jaap (www.jaap.nl)
    - Huislijn (www.huislijn.nl)
    - Woonkrant (www.woonkrant.nl)
    - Dimo (www.dimo.nl)

    real estate prices in Amsterdam
    Some price examples from houses in Amsterdam in June 2009:
  • Cheap one-room apartment 35m2 in the suburbs   - €103.000
  • Cheap two-room apartment 40m2 in the suburbs   - €116.000
  • Parkingplace with lift in downtown Amsterdam   - €125.000
  • Cheap familyhouse with garden in the suburbs 70m2   - €175.000
  • Average apartment in Amsterdam  - €270.000
  • Average familyhouse with garden   - €405.000.
  • Canalhouses from €500.000 - 5.250.000 (23 rooms)


  • There are 4 municipalities in the Netherlands with an average house price of more than €500.000(2007): Blaricum (€700.000+), Bloemendaal(€700.000+), Wassenaar and Laren.
    • The average house price in the Netherlands is €245.000. In North Netherlands are houses the cheapest. In Delfzijl was the average house price €142.000.

  • Homeownership Guarantee Fund (NHG)
    • If someone can not pay longer his mortgage (unemployment, disability, divorce), repayment to the lender is guaranteed. The Homeownership Guarantee Fund pays the residual debt to the lender if the sale of the house would be lower than the mortgage. To participate in this fund the mortgage may not be higher than €265.000. Allmost half of all mortgages in the Netherlands are financed by NHG.

  • The union of house owners is: Vereniging Eigen Huis (eigenhuis.nl)

  • The union of realtors is: Nederlandse Vereniging van Makelaars (www.nvm.nl).
    • Many realtors are member of this union.
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