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.

2municipalities with this rule

16read, not found

26not 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 part of the municipality 1 municipality

Hilversum4 years, €450,000 (WOZ-waarde)

In the whole municipality 1 municipality

Haarlemmermeer4 years, €504,000 (WOZ-waarde)

Not found in the source 16 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 26 municipalities

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

Show all 26 municipalities

Alkmaar
Bergen (NH)
Blaricum
Bloemendaal
Castricum
Den Helder
Dijk en Waard
Drechterland
Enkhuizen
Gooise Meren
Heemskerk
Heemstede
Heiloo
Hollands Kroon
Hoorn
Koggenland
Laren
Medemblik
Oostzaan
Opmeer
Stede Broec
Uitgeest
Velsen
Wijdemeren
Wormerland
Zandvoort

The rule per municipality

With the values and the source of each municipality.

Municipality	Rule	Source
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
Hilversum	Price limit: €450,000 (WOZ-waarde) Length of the ban: 4 years after registration of the deed of purchase Letting ban: Ban, only in designated areas (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: Wijziging ‘Huisvestingsverordening Gooi en Vechtstreek 2024. Hilversum’ aangaande invoering opkoopbescherming, Artikel 6.2 · valid from 14 August 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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