Kamernet Rent Report Q1 2025
From €658 to €683: Room rents rise by 6.2% compared to last year
Rotterdam, May 8, 2025 – The average rent for a room in the Netherlands has increased from €658 last year to €683 currently, representing a 6.2% year-on-year rise. This is according to the Kamernet Rent Report Q1 2025, which analyzes the rent prices of the rooms and apartments advertised on Kamernet across the largest Dutch student cities.
Room rents rose compared to last year in nearly all the 19 cities analyzed, with the exception of Tilburg, where prices fell by 2.4%, and Zwolle, where prices remained unchanged. The largest increases were recorded in Wageningen and Leiden, with rents up by 19.7% and 18.4%, respectively. The total supply of rooms increased marginally by 2%.
Jim Bijwaard, COO of Kamernet, commented:
“Room rents continue to rise, with little improvement in availability. Only a few hundred more rooms are listed compared to last year, while the National Student Housing Monitor forecasts a shortage of over 23,000. We strongly encourage renters to start their search early, as finding a suitable place takes time.
Current policies such as the Affordable Rent Act and Box 3 can discourage landlords from renting out their properties. We continue to call on policymakers to implement effective, long-term solutions that bring more balance and fairness to the housing market.”
From €397 in Enschede to €979 in Amsterdam: What students pay for rooms
Amsterdam remains the most expensive city for student housing. Following a 3.2% increase, the average room rent rose from €949 to €979. Utrecht (€803) and Haarlem (€770) follow, with increases of 1.4% and 4.2%, respectively.
At the more affordable end of the spectrum, Enschede offers the lowest average room rent at €397, despite a 4.2% increase. Ede and Wageningen follow with average rents of €450, after notable increases of 8.4% and 19.7%, respectively.
Apartment rents also rise by 3.4%
Apartment rents have also risen, increasing by 3.4% compared to last year, based on an analysis across 12 Dutch cities.
Haarlem tops the list for average apartment rents at €2,230, followed by Amsterdam at €2,164. Rotterdam follows in third place, at a considerable distance, with average rent is €1,644. Lower-priced apartments are available in Leeuwarden (€795), Maastricht (€827), and Breda (€931).
About the Kamernet Rent Report Q1 2025
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 Q1 2025 analyzed 17,371 properties including 13,984 rooms, and 3,387 apartments, listed in Kamernet in Q1 2025, and Q1 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 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.
Kamernet calculates the absolute room rent price at a national level based on a weighted average, taking into account the amount of units there is in each city.
Unlike previous editions, the Kamernet Rent Report Q1 2025 does not include price per square meter data. This is due to recently identified inaccuracies in how room sizes are entered by advertisers on the platform. To ensure the accuracy and reliability of the analysis, this data has been excluded from this edition. Kamernet is working on improvements to include square meter price analysis in future reports.
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 (12 cities): Amsterdam, Breda, Den Haag, Eindhoven, Groningen, Haarlem, Leeuwarden, Maastricht, Nijmegen, Rotterdam, Tilburg, 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.
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