What buyers and sellers ask us
Short, clear answers to the questions we get every week, with our own figures from Amsterdam, the Gooi and the Vecht area.
Bidding on a home in Amsterdam: how overbidding works in 2026
In Amsterdam the asking price is a starting point, not a price tag. Of our own sales over the past two years, 72 percent went above the asking price, on average 5.9 percent above it. How much you should bid depends on the number of interested buyers, your conditions and the completion date, not on a fixed percentage.
Ground lease (erfpacht) in Amsterdam: what to check when buying or selling
With ground lease (erfpacht) the land belongs to the city and you pay for its use. For the price of an Amsterdam home, what matters most is whether the lease is continuous or perpetual, and whether the ground rent has been bought off, and until when. Those details are in the lease deed and partly determine what a buyer can borrow.