Rieks van den Berg, board member of NVM’s housing department, sees large regional differences. The data of the report, for which he is co-responsible, therefore require a specific interpretation. For example, in already more expensive regions, including the Wadden Islands and Zealand, the price has risen considerably and sales are still on the rise, says Van den Berg. “While prices are falling around Eindhoven and in the east of the country.”
“We had a huge peak in 2021 due to corona”
transfer fee
Van den Berg points out that this report is for 2022. The transfer tax increase as of January 1 this year has not yet been included in this, nor is the taxation discussion in box 3. These factors appear being the same across the board cause a slight change. ‘We saw an extreme peak in December; everyone wanted to switch then to avoid the increase in the transfer fee.’
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And now that the corona crisis really seems to be behind us, the question is what that means for people’s need for recreation in their own country. Most vacation homes are for private use, but especially in large parks there is a lot of rental for recreational and vacation use. What effect this will have on prices in the near future remains to be seen.