One question, every municipality

Buy-to-let protection by municipality

With buy-to-let protection (opkoopbescherming) a municipality bans letting a lower-priced home during the first years after purchase. Per municipality you see in which neighbourhoods, up to which WOZ value and for how long.

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Opkoopbescherming

A municipality can ban letting a lower-priced home in designated neighbourhoods during the first years after purchase. With a permit it is sometimes allowed.

The answer per municipality

As of 15 October 2026. Choose an answer to see only those municipalities.

In the whole municipality 6 municipalities

The rule per municipality

With the values and the source of each municipality.

MunicipalityRuleSource
De Bilt
  • Price limit: €611,000 (WOZ-waarde)
  • Length of the ban: 4 years after registration of the deed of purchase
  • Letting ban: Ban, everywhere (Exceptions: letting to family in the first or second degree; you lived there yourself first; the home is part of a shop or business premises; with a permit from the municipality)

Source: Huisvestingsverordening Regio Utrecht 2024, gemeente De Bilt, Artikel 65 · valid from 16 September 2025 · updated on 15 October 2026

Groningen
  • Price limit: €430,000 (WOZ-waarde)
  • Length of the ban: 4 years after registration of the deed of purchase
  • Letting ban: Ban, everywhere (Exceptions: letting to family in the first or second degree; you lived there yourself first; the home is part of a shop or business premises)

Source: Beleidsregels huisvestingsverordening 2025, Paragraaf 3.4 · valid from 5 June 2025 · updated on 15 October 2026

Haarlemmermeer
  • Home: €504,000 (WOZ-waarde)
  • Home: 4 years after registration of the deed of purchase
  • Home: Ban, everywhere (Exceptions: letting to family in the first or second degree; you lived there yourself first; the home is part of a shop or business premises; with a permit from the municipality)

Source: Huisvestingsverordening gemeente Haarlemmermeer 2022, Artikel 3.1.1 · valid from 22 April 2023 · updated on 15 October 2026

Lopik
  • Price limit: €440,000 (WOZ-waarde)
  • Length of the ban: 4 years after registration of the deed of purchase
  • Letting ban: Ban, everywhere (Exceptions: letting to family in the first or second degree; you lived there yourself first; the home is part of a shop or business premises; with a permit from the municipality; temporary letting while you are away)

Source: Huisvestingsverordening Regio Utrecht 2024, gemeente Lopik, Artikel 65 · valid from 1 January 2025 · updated on 15 October 2026

Nijmegen
  • Price limit: €396,000 (WOZ-waarde)
  • Length of the ban: 4 years after registration of the deed of purchase
  • Letting ban: Ban, everywhere (Exceptions: letting to family in the first or second degree; you lived there yourself first; the home is part of a shop or business premises; with a permit from the municipality)

Source: Huisvestingsverordening gemeente Nijmegen 2024, Artikel 19 · valid from 1 January 2024 · updated on 15 October 2026

Voorschoten
  • Price limit: €390,000 (WOZ-waarde)
  • Length of the ban: 4 years after registration of the deed of purchase
  • Letting ban: Ban, everywhere (Exceptions: letting to family in the first or second degree; you lived there yourself first; the home is part of a shop or business premises)

Source: Huisvestingsverordening Voorschoten 2023, Artikel 12 · valid from 10 January 2025 · updated on 15 October 2026

This is a summary of the official rules, with the source. Read the source before you decide. It is not legal or tax advice.

Updated on 15 October 2026. As of 15 October 2026.

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