House prices in the four big cities dropped less than in the rest of the Netherlands, says the central statistics agency CBS. The national average in August was 8.5% lower than in 2008.

Utrecht, in particular, has seen house prices remain fairly stable with a 2% drop over the past three years. The Hague saw the biggest drop among the four main cities at 7%.
In Amsterdam house prices fell more than the national average in 2008 but since 2010 prices have been increasing marginally, says the CBS.
The biggest falls were in Eindhoven (13%) and Ede (19%).
The CBS did not say how much the average house now costs.