Affordability pressure
Affordability
Renter pressure
Supply conditions

Affordability Pressure Index by Location: Market Segment, Data Recency, and Reporting Period

Use this Netherlands-wide report to compare affordability pressure index across Dutch locations and identify where the pattern changes. Interpret Affordability Pressure Index by location with recency, denominator, and property category attached to the reported value. The affordability pressure index brings pricing and supply conditions into one comparable measure of renter strain. It helps show where housing costs are likely to feel most restrictive, beyond raw rent levels alone.

City views
78
Listings in the sample
170,000+
Longest period
12 months
City views

Affordability Pressure Index by Location in every covered Dutch city

Open a city to read Affordability Pressure Index by Location for that local rental market, with the sample size behind each view shown next to the city name. Cities appear here once Luntero represents enough listings to describe them responsibly.

Amsterdam25,000 listings analysedRotterdam12,000 listings analysedThe Hague10,000 listings analysedGroningen7,500 listings analysedUtrecht7,500 listings analysedEindhoven5,500 listings analysedMaastricht5,000 listings analysedEnschede4,500 listings analysedTilburg4,000 listings analysedDelft3,000 listings analysedBreda2,500 listings analysedLeiden2,500 listings analysedLeeuwarden2,000 listings analysedHaarlem2,000 listings analysedArnhem2,000 listings analysedNijmegen2,000 listings analysedAmstelveen1,500 listings analysedAlmere1,500 listings analysed's-Hertogenbosch1,500 listings analysedZwolle1,500 listings analysedHeerlen1,000 listings analysedWageningen1,000 listings analysedHaarlemmermeer1,000 listings analysedApeldoorn1,000 listings analysedAlkmaar1,000 listings analysedHilversum950 listings analysedDeventer950 listings analysedSittard-Geleen950 listings analysedAmersfoort900 listings analysedPurmerend800 listings analysedAssen750 listings analysedDiemen700 listings analysedZoetermeer700 listings analysedLeidschendam-Voorburg700 listings analysedRoermond700 listings analysedLelystad650 listings analysedRoosendaal650 listings analysedZaanstad650 listings analysedHengelo550 listings analysedSchiedam550 listings analysedNieuwegein550 listings analysedRijswijk550 listings analysedHelmond500 listings analysedVenlo500 listings analysedHoorn500 listings analysedEmmen500 listings analysedZeist450 listings analysedEde400 listings analysedKerkrade400 listings analysedDordrecht400 listings analysedAlphen aan den Rijn400 listings analysedBergen op Zoom400 listings analysedMiddelburg400 listings analysedOss400 listings analysedCapelle aan den IJssel350 listings analysedDen Helder350 listings analysedHeerenveen350 listings analysedVeldhoven350 listings analysedSmallingerland350 listings analysedWeert300 listings analysedWassenaar300 listings analysedHeerhugowaard300 listings analysedVlissingen300 listings analysedGoes300 listings analysedKampen300 listings analysedGooise Meren300 listings analysedNoordwijk300 listings analysedDoetinchem250 listings analysedOosterhout250 listings analysedLandgraaf250 listings analysedGouda250 listings analysedZutphen250 listings analysedAlmelo250 listings analysedEtten-Leur200 listings analysedMeppel200 listings analysedTerneuzen200 listings analysedHoogeveen200 listings analysedBrunssum200 listings analysed
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What the affordability pressure index reveals

The affordability pressure index brings pricing and supply conditions into one comparable measure of renter strain. It helps show where housing costs are likely to feel most restrictive, beyond raw rent levels alone. Read it as a pressure signal: higher values point to tighter affordability conditions, while lower values suggest less immediate strain.

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Affordability Pressure Index by Location: Measurement Unit, Listing Coverage, and Sample Size in Context

Use the evidence in Affordability Pressure Index by Location to identify what deserves closer investigation across places, periods, or renter questions. Treat Affordability Pressure Index by location as market evidence only where housing mix, method, and geography remain compatible.

What the data shows

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    Useful for comparing how strongly different Dutch rental markets pressure household budgets.

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    Captures more than headline rent by reflecting the combined effect of price and availability.

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    Higher readings suggest tighter conditions, but not necessarily the same cause in every area.

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    Helps separate broad affordability stress from pressure concentrated in a narrower set of submarkets.

What to look at next

  • Compare areas by relative affordability strain rather than raw asking rent alone.

  • Use the index to distinguish broad market pressure from localized submarket stress.

  • Frame the measure as a renter burden signal, not a forecast of future rent changes.

  • Discuss how supply tightness can amplify affordability pressure even when price growth is uneven.

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