Kamernet Rent Report Q4 2024

Room rents increase and reach a national average of €705

Kamernet reports a 5.6% yearly increase for student room rents while supply decreases by 1%.

Rotterdam, February 6 - The rental platform Kamernet reports a 5.6% increase in room rents compared to the previous year. The supply of rooms has slightly decreased, with a minimal decline of 1% compared to a year ago. This is evident from the Kamernet Rent Report Q4 2024, which analyzed the price development of 14,200 rooms and apartments advertised in the largest student Dutch cities via the platform.

“Room and apartment rents continue to rise. While room supply has decreased minimally, the availability of apartments has dropped significantly,” states Djordy Seelmann, CEO of Kamernet and HousingAnywhere. “New regulations are discouraging property owners from renting out their properties, ultimately impacting tenants by reducing the availability of affordable housing. We need more housing as well as policies encouraging landlords to keep their properties on the market.”

National average room price at €705

The average price for a room in the Netherlands, considering the largest student cities, stands at €705 as of Q4 2024. A year ago, the national average was €681. Amsterdam registered the highest room price at €974, followed by Utrecht (€835) and Haarlem (€818). On the other end of the spectrum, the lowest room rents were seen in Ede at €443, Leeuwarden (€441), and Enschede (€401).

The national square meter price for a room averages €40, compared to €38 a year ago, with Amsterdam at €57, Haarlem at €52, and Rotterdam ranking third at €44.

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Room rents increasing by 5.6% on average

On average, room rents increased by 5.6% in the most popular student cities. Leiden registered the sharpest rent price increase, of 17.3%, with rents rising from €520 last year to €610. Tilburg followed with a 16.9% increase, with room rates increasing from €531 to €621. In Nijmegen, prices rose by 15.2%, reaching €615 compared to €534 last year.

Prices decreased in only a few cities. Ede saw the sharpest drop at 3.5%, with the average room rent now at €443, down from €459 a year ago. Rents also decreased in Wageningen (-1.6%) and Leeuwarden (-1.1%). Room rents stagnated in Breda (-0.3%) and Amsterdam (-0.1%).

Room supply down by just 1%

The total number of rooms advertised on Kamernet dropped by just 1% compared to the previous year. Supply decreased the most in Leiden and Haarlem, by more than 30%. Conversely, the number of available rooms increased substantially in Zwolle, Eindhoven, and Ede, by over 30%.

Apartment rents also on the rise, at 4.9%

Kamernet also analyzed the price development of apartments advertised on the platform. Fewer cities were analyzed due to the lower number of apartments listed compared to rooms. The highest apartment rents were recorded in Amsterdam, where the average stands at €2,206, followed by Haarlem (€2,001). Rotterdam follows at €1,638. Groningen (€1,119), Nijmegen (€1,163), and Eindhoven (€1,279) registered slightly lower rents.

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Apartment rents increased the most in Amsterdam, The Hague, and Rotterdam, all by more than 10%. Conversely, rents dropped in Eindhoven (-15.9%), Groningen (-9.9%), and Utrecht (-6.9%).

The number of apartments listed via Kamernet in the analyzed cities decreased by 13.8%.


About the Kamernet Rent Report Q4 2024

The Kamernet Rent Report analyzes data from Kamernet, one of the largest housing rental platforms in the Netherlands. The available properties in Kamernet are primarily listed by private owners, real estate agents, and roommates listing their available rooms directly. The platform does not include properties offered by housing corporations, which as non-profit organizations generally have lower rental prices.

The Kamernet Rent Report Q4 2024 analyzed 14,253 properties including 11,084 rooms, and 3,169 apartments, listed in Kamernet in Q4 2023, and Q4 2024.

46% of the rooms were listed by private owners, 44% by roommates, 4% by real estate agents, and 6% by others.

56% of the rooms were furnished, 29% unfurnished, and 14% uncarpeted.

Rent prices and square meter prices are calculated based on the data provided by property providers when listing on Kamernet. The absolute rent price of a city is calculated by an average. The price per square meter is calculated by dividing the average absolute price of a property type by the average size.

Kamernet calculates the absolute room rent price, square meter price, and average price increase at a national level based on weighted averages, taking into account the amount of units there is in each city.

Aiming to provide a robust dataset per each property type, cities with less than 30 listings in a property type in a quarter are excluded from the report. These are the cities analyzed per category:

Rooms (19 cities): Amsterdam, Breda, Delft, Den Bosch, Den Haag, Ede, Eindhoven, Enschede, Groningen, Haarlem, Leeuwarden, Leiden, Maastricht, Nijmegen, Rotterdam, Tilburg, Utrecht, Wageningen, Zwolle.

Apartments (10 cities): Amsterdam, Den Haag, Eindhoven, Groningen, Haarlem, Nijmegen, Rotterdam, Utrecht.

About Kamernet

Kamernet - founded in 2000 - has been one of the largest rental platforms in the Netherlands for tenants and landlords for more than 20 years, with approximately 60,000 properties offered each year. Since 2021, Kamernet is part of HousingAnywhere. Kamernet is aimed at students and young professionals looking for a place to kickstart or continue their independent lifestyle. Kamernet brings supply and demand together throughout the Netherlands by understanding the needs of its users and offering the smartest options for renting a room, studio or apartment on our website. Kamernet is not a broker, provider, mediator of the landlord of the houses, but a neutral online platform.

Note for the press

For more information, please contact pers@kamernet.nl.

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