The data displays the total loans from MFIs to households in Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands as of June 2018, by loan type (in billion euro). Luxembourg MFIs loaned approx. 32 billion euro worth of loans for house purchases. Before the financial crisis, the Dutch government encouraged home ownership for many years by offering tax exemptions on mortgage payments alongside other benefits for homebuyers in the Netherlands. Between 2006 and 2016, the total mortgage debt from households in the Netherlands increased from approx.
