House Prices Doubled: 'Single Starter Needs More than 270,000 Euros'

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Since 2013, house prices in the Netherlands have almost doubled. In Flevoland and North Holland, prices have risen even faster, by 121.4 percent and 108.6 percent, respectively. Due to these high house prices, owning a home is barely affordable for single first-time buyers. To buy a house, a first-time buyer without a partner needs more than €270,000 in savings.

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Hey, look at this interesting research Independer (owned by: DPG) has done and the results of which have been published in the AD (owned by: DPG) and on NU.nl (owned by: DPG). House prices have become so high that a single starter needs 272,000 euros in savings to be able to buy a house. 272,000 euros! You could buy a house with that amount back then! You'd almost think: that amount sounds so high, the research must be completely wrong and that'…