Sizzling Amsterdam Housing Market Pushes People to Other Cities
- Price gains in Rotterdam, The Hague surpassed Amsterdam in 1Q
- City officials seek to construct more homes to tackle shortage
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When Michel Oosterman became a dad last year, he was forced to say goodbye to Amsterdam.
The 34-year-old and his girlfriend were tired of carrying a pram up to their third-floor 50-square-meter walk-up apartment in the Dutch capital’s eastern part. And finding a bigger, affordable place in the city proved futile. So when he spotted a house in a quiet residential neighborhood in The Hague, about 60 kilometers (37.5 miles) away, that was twice the size and even had a 90 square-meter garden, it was “tot ziens” to the capital -- after 13 years.