Housing Prices in Utrecht Are Climbing Again

If you have been keeping an eye on the property market in the province of Utrecht, you should pay close attention to the latest housing prices. According to new data from the Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (CBS) and the Kadaster, prices for existing owner-occupied homes rose in every municipality in the province in the last quarter of 2025 compared to the year before.

Montfoort Leads the Way

The biggest increase wasn’t in the city of Utrecht itself, but in Montfoort. Prices there surged by a massive 17.1%. To put that in perspective, that jump places Montfoort in the top 5 nationwide for price increases, right behind Winterswijk, Albrandswaard, Pekela, and Nunspeet.

It isn’t just Montfoort seeing double-digit growth. Several other towns saw steep rises as well:

Bunnik: +13.2%
Leusden: +13%
Eemnes: +12.9%
IJsselstein: +11.8%
Woerden: +11.7%

What About the Cities?

If you are living in or looking at the bigger cities, the increases were a bit more modest, though still significant. In Utrecht, house prices rose by 5.7%. Amersfoort saw a slightly higher increase of 7.4%, while De Bilt went up by 5.2%.

The smallest increase in the province was found in Woudenberg, where prices rose by 3.8%.

On a national level, house prices were 6.2% higher on average than a year earlier. Interestingly, the data shows that eastern municipalities generally saw sharper price rises than those in the west of the Netherlands.

A New Record High

It wasn’t that long ago, specifically in 2022 and early 2023, that we saw house prices declining. However, the market has been recovering since mid-2023. According to CBS, most municipalities have now reached new price records. The dip we saw a couple of years ago is firmly behind us.

Why This Data is Different

You might recall earlier news from the Dutch Association of Real Estate Agents (NVM) suggesting that average selling prices had fallen in some areas. This can be confusing, but there is a reason for the difference.

The NVM figures are based on the average transaction price per quarter. This can fluctuate a lot depending on whether a few very expensive villas or many small apartments were sold that month. The CBS price index is different because it corrects for these differences. It looks at the type of housing and the composition of sold homes, which gives a more accurate picture of how prices are actually developing.

For now, the upward trend is here to stay.

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