The data displays the forecast of the percentage change on the previous year of residential real estate investments in the Netherlands from 2016 to 2019. In 2018, investments in housing are expected to increase with approx. 8.5% compared to the year before. Real estate investments in Europe usually focus on the office real estate market and the housing, or residential real estate, market. With artificially low interest rates due to the European Central Bank's (ECB) monetary policy, buying stocks is deemed too risky and bonds have become relatively expensive.
