A math professor with real estate valuation Marc Francke gives an idea of the economic damage. The

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Despite the poor economy was the end of 2012, was "a very good quarter" for the housing market, as did the Dutch Association of Estate Agents (NVM) this morning announced. It sold an estimated 34,000 houses, 25,000 by agents of the NVM (3,900 members).
That's 31.8 percent more than in the third quarter and 13.9 percent more than in the last quarter of last year. According to the NVM are not as many houses sold since late 2010. The good results are not unexpected: by tightening mortgage rules on 1 January, there was a "year-end boom 'in the housing market.
The last quarter did the damage for previous quarters somewhat limited. Throughout last year, were eventually sold around 115,000 homes, of which more than 85,000 by NVM estate agents. That is 4.1 percent less than a year ago. The housing stabilizes according to the NVM. Final 2012 236.000 homes were for sale. Falling house prices
Despite these good figures, housing prices continued to fall by 1 percent. The average house price is now 207,000 euros, almost 7 percent lower than a year ago and 16 percent from the peak of the housing market in 2008. Yesterday, it appeared that the asking price of homes fell sharply last year after the conclusion of the Spring Agreement .
A math professor with real estate valuation Marc Francke gives an idea of the economic damage. The national mortgage debt is nearly 650 billion euros. The value of the dwellings will be approximately one and a half times higher, say a thousand billion, as part of the mortgage already paid off. Since 2008, with the decline of 16 percent so vaporized 160 billion euros and 260 billion even if you count inflation. Parliamentary commission investigating the air in the market
The question of how far house prices will fall even tomorrow and Monday discussed in The Hague by the parliamentary inquiry Housing prices. The committee headed by MP Kees Verhoeven (D66) is researching gdp of japan "the (possibly) vary in cost and price." Verhoeven:
"There have been in recent years such price fluctuations in the housing market. This research can help whether you want to make that policy in the future "Read more about this. Housing estate NVM homes
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