What a difference: house prices in Zoetermeer have risen so fast

The average sales price for a home in 2021 in the Netherlands was 387,000 euros. That is the highest price measured since 1995, when the figures were first kept, reports the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). What about Zoetermeer?

It is not news, but painful for (new) home seekers: the average asking price for a home continues to rise. Also in Zoetermeer. But if we compare the average asking prices with neighboring municipalities, we don’t even have the highest average asking price and increase in Zoetermeer.

Increased house prices

Also in Zoetermeer So house prices have risen. The average price for a home in Zoetermeer in 2021 was 351,459 euros. A year earlier, this was still 313,313 euros. That is a difference of 12.2 percent. In the municipality of The Hague you paid an average of 411,717 euros in 2021. In 2020 that was still an amount of 355,807 euros, so just as much in Zoetermeer in 2021. In The Hague, prices have risen by 15.7 percent in a year. In Lansingerland, people paid an average of 468,193 euros for a home in 2021. In 2020 that was still 427,658 euros. This is an increase of 9.5 percent. The increase is less high than in Zoetermeer, only the average asking price is a lot higher. You would hardly believe it, but there are municipalities where a home is even more expensive.

Most expensive municipalities

According to the statistical office, there were municipalities for the first time in which the average purchase price for a house exceeded one million euros: Blaricum and Bloemendaal. There, an average of 1,067,258 euros and 1,007,936 euros were paid for a home. In Laren in North Holland people paid just under a million euros and also in Wassenaar in South Holland a house sold for more than 900,000 euros.

Cheapest municipalities

In only two municipalities, Veere and Ameland, less was paid for a home last year than a year earlier. Pekela was the cheapest municipality in 2021: a house there changed hands for an average of 200,000 euros. However, the average home in Pekela became significantly more expensive last year: in 2020, 164,000 euros were still deposited for a home here. Curious about all other municipalities? Check the map below: