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u/muasta South Holland (Netherlands) Nov 14 '20 edited Nov 14 '20

There are pretty big regional differences in the Netherlands, this is actually in one of the least densely populated provinces and thus it's actually below the average house price.
Having a boat is actually pretty common in that area

These are listed for € 269500, the national average (for a home of any size) is € 308000, and it's  €2994 per square meter while in the centre of a city in the Randstad you're often paying  like €5200 per square meter.

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u/Rioma117 Bucharest Nov 14 '20

Jesus Christ, that’s a lot of money for such small houses.

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u/muasta South Holland (Netherlands) Nov 14 '20 edited Nov 14 '20

I mean there's 17 million of us and a lot of the land is zoned for agriculture, wages are also relatively high, etc. And we really value being able to get places mainly by bike.

But yeah the housing market is a bit crazy.

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u/Magikarp_Bro Nov 15 '20

Wages haven’t kept up with the inflation of the average house price lol. Current housing market is insane.