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.

1municipality with this rule
11read, not found
39not researched yet

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 1 municipality

  • Nijmegen4 years, €396,000 (WOZ-waarde)

Not found in the source 11 municipalities

We read the bylaw of these municipalities and did not find the rule in it. A rule can also be in another document.

Not researched 39 municipalities

We have not read these municipalities yet, so we do not know what applies there.

Show all 39 municipalities
  • Aalten
  • Apeldoorn
  • Arnhem
  • Barneveld
  • Berg en Dal
  • Berkelland
  • Bronckhorst
  • Brummen
  • Buren
  • Culemborg
  • Doesburg
  • Doetinchem
  • Druten
  • Elburg
  • Epe
  • Ermelo
  • Lingewaard
  • Lochem
  • Maasdriel
  • Montferland
  • Neder-Betuwe
  • Nijkerk
  • Nunspeet
  • Oldebroek
  • Oost Gelre
  • Oude IJsselstreek
  • Putten
  • Rheden
  • Rozendaal
  • Scherpenzeel
  • Voorst
  • Wageningen
  • West Betuwe
  • West Maas en Waal
  • Wijchen
  • Winterswijk
  • Zaltbommel
  • Zevenaar
  • Zutphen

The rule per municipality

With the values and the source of each municipality.

MunicipalityRuleSource
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

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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