Tenants in Drenthe who rent privately have started paying significantly more for a home this year. Rents for new tenants in the private sector increased by 15.7 percent. Nowhere else in the Netherlands did the price rise so quickly.
In Drenthe, the average rent in the third quarter was 12.74 euros per square meter. Three months earlier this was still 11.51 euros. Nevertheless, you still pay much less per square meter than the national average, according to figures from rental housing platform Pararius and LocalFocus. On average, 17.77 euros are paid per square meter in the Netherlands.