https://dutchreview.com/news/required-income-to-buy-house-in-the-netherlands-2024/ News, stories, culture and reviews from the Netherlands Thu, 07 Mar 2024 00:23:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://dutchreview.com/news/required-income-to-buy-house-in-the-netherlands-2024/#comment-302024 Thu, 07 Mar 2024 00:23:40 +0000 https://dutchreview.com/?p=154317#comment-302024 I guess I have to win the lottery first!

]]> https://dutchreview.com/news/required-income-to-buy-house-in-the-netherlands-2024/#comment-301971 Wed, 06 Mar 2024 16:57:31 +0000 https://dutchreview.com/?p=154317#comment-301971 Coming from an unaffordable region to ever buy a house in, even with a good salary (that is, California in the US), even though this average makes things difficult for most, it seems to me to be more reachable and possible than in many other places in the world. And the fact that renting and buying are not abysmally different for the cost.

]]> https://dutchreview.com/news/required-income-to-buy-house-in-the-netherlands-2024/#comment-301792 Wed, 06 Mar 2024 02:47:00 +0000 https://dutchreview.com/?p=154317#comment-301792 I was born in 1963 and housing was always a problematic issue. Squatting became popular in the 1980s, but also rental conditions became one of the best in the world. Long term contracts and the ability to perform your own interior decoration and renos are an unicum. Never heard of in Australia for example. Interest rates in Australia are 6% and not 3.25-75%. And yes, first home buyers are not in the market.

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