House prices growing at fastest rate for seven years
House prices are rising at their fastest rate since the market peaked in 2008, latest CBS figures show.
The average sale price in November was 3.8% higher than a year earlier, a rate of growth not seen since April 2008. The growth rate has been above 3% for the last three months, though houses are still 16% lower in value than they were when the market peaked in August that year.
The average price paid for a house in the Netherlands in November was €235,000, €15,000 more than 12 months earlier.
The number of registered sales stood at 15,545, an increase of 24% compared to a year ago.
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