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Property rules in Nijmegen

What applies in Nijmegen to buying, letting and splitting a property? The national rules and the municipality's own rules, with the source and the date. We assume a property you do not live in yourself.

What applies in Nijmegen

By topic. The rules of the municipality and the region are shown in full, the national ones in short. A short rule links to the full text and its source.

Buying

Opkoopbescherming

Municipality of Nijmegen

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.

Price limit
€396,000 (WOZ-waarde)
Length of the ban
4 years after registration of the deed of purchase
Letting ban
Ban, everywhereExceptions: 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 16 October 2026

Quote from the source
Gedurende de periode van vier jaren na de datum van inschrijving is het verboden beschermde woonruimte te verhuren zonder verhuurvergunning opkoopbescherming van burgemeester en wethouders.
  • Btw bij nieuwbouwNational
    • VAT: 21% of the purchase price, already included in the price
    Full rule and source
  • OverdrachtsbelastingNational
    • Home, not your main residence: 8% of the purchase price
    • Not a home: 10.4% of the purchase price

    Will you live there yourself? Then other rules apply. Read the official rules

    Full rule and source

Owning

Onroerendezaakbelasting (OZB)

Municipality of Nijmegen

Annual municipal tax on the WOZ value. The owner pays it, and for property other than a home the user pays a share too.

Home
0.1671% of the WOZ-waarde
Not a home
1.037% of the WOZ-waarde

Source: Verordening op de heffing en de invordering van onroerende-zaakbelastingen gemeente Nijmegen 2026, Artikel 5 · valid from 1 January 2026 · updated on 16 October 2026

Quote from the source
voor onroerende zaken die in hoofdzaak tot woning dienen 0,1671%.

Rioolheffing

Municipality of Nijmegen

Annual municipal charge for the sewer system. The municipality decides whether the owner, the user or both pay.

Owner
0.0469% of the WOZ-waarde

Source: Verordening op de heffing en de invordering van rioolheffing gemeente Nijmegen 2026, Artikel 6 · valid from 1 January 2026 · updated on 16 October 2026

Quote from the source
Het tarief van de belasting bedraagt een percentage van de heffingsmaatstaf. Het percentage bedraagt 0,0469%.

Letting

Boetes Wet goed verhuurderschap

Municipality of Nijmegen

The fines a municipality can impose when a landlord does not follow the Wet goed verhuurderschap.

Fine, private landlord
€20,000 per violationWith intent or gross negligence, the fine can rise to 200% of this amount.
Fine, landlord with a company
€40,000 per violationWith intent or gross negligence, the fine can rise to 200% of this amount.

Source: Beleidsregel bestuurlijke boetes goed verhuurderschap Nijmegen, Artikel 4 · valid from 22 January 2025 · updated on 16 October 2026

Quote from the source
Bij bedrijfsmatige overtredingen hanteren burgemeester en wethouders de boetenormbedragen zoals opgenomen in Bijlage 2.
  • Huurprijsbescherming (puntenstelsel)National
    • Social rent, points limit: 143 points
    • Social rent, highest rent: €932.93 per monthThe upper limit for social rent in 2026.
    • Mid-market rent, points limit: 186 points
    • Mid-market rent, highest rent: €1,228.07 per monthThe liberalisation limit in 2026: the top of mid-market rent.
    Full rule and source
  • Wet goed verhuurderschapNational
    Full rule and source

Short-term rental

Toeristenbelasting

Municipality of Nijmegen

Tax per overnight stay that the municipality charges. You pay it to the municipality and can pass it on to your guests.

Per person per night
€3.71 per person per night
Campsite
€0.96 per person per night

Source: Verordening op de heffing en de invordering van toeristenbelasting gemeente Nijmegen 2026, Artikel 6 · valid from 1 January 2026 · updated on 16 October 2026

Quote from the source
Het tarief bedraagt per persoon per overnachting: € 3,71.

Alterations and use

Splitsen en omzetten

Municipality of Nijmegen

A municipal permit to split a home, convert it into rooms or create additional homes.

Letting rooms
Permit required, everywhere

Source: Huisvestingsverordening gemeente Nijmegen 2024, Artikel 12 · valid from 1 January 2024 · updated on 16 October 2026

Quote from the source
Dit hoofdstuk is van toepassing op zelfstandige woonruimten met een WOZ-waarde tot en met € 396.000,-.

Onttrekken en samenvoegen

Municipality of Nijmegen

A municipal permit to give a home another use or to merge homes.

Withdrawal
Permit required, everywhere

Source: Huisvestingsverordening gemeente Nijmegen 2024, Artikel 13 · valid from 1 January 2024 · updated on 16 October 2026

Quote from the source
Het is verboden om, zonder vergunning van burgemeester en wethouders zoals bedoeld in artikel 21, onder a en c van de wet: een woonruimte aan de bestemming tot bewoning te onttrekken of onttrokken te houden, anders dan ten behoeve van de bewoning of het gebruik als kantoor of praktijkruimte door de eigenaar;

Selling

Coming up

Proposals and rules with a later start date. They do not apply yet and are not counted anywhere.

Selling

What we read for Nijmegen

Per rule: found, read without finding it, or not researched yet. Not found does not mean the rule does not exist.

The fixed questions for Nijmegen

The same questions for every municipality, so you can compare them. Choose a question to see every municipality.

QuestionIn Nijmegen
May you let short term?Not found in the source
How many nights a year may you let short term?Not found in the source
How much tourist tax do you pay per night?€3.71 per person per night
Do you need a permit to let?Not found in the source
Is the level of the rent regulated?In the whole municipality
How much transfer tax do you pay?8% of the purchase price
How much VAT do you pay on a new home?21% of the purchase price, already included in the price
Is there buy-to-let protection?In the whole municipality4 years, €396,000 (WOZ-waarde)
What is the OZB rate?0.1671% of the WOZ-waarde
Do you need a permit to split a home or let rooms?In the whole municipality
Do you pay tax on the gain when you sell?Resident 0%, non-resident 0%Change coming

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 16 October 2026. As of 17 October 2026.

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