Investment migration — the rule, as checked 22.10.2026

No property route

Buying a home in the Netherlands confers no immigration status, and no nationality or residence restriction applies to the purchase itself. The Netherlands contact point of the European Land Registry Network states that the country “does not place any restrictions on the purchase of property by foreigners, whether resident or non-resident” and that “[t]here are no prohibitions imposed (specifically) to foreigners”, excepting only measures arising from European regulations on the freezing or seizure of property.

Amsterdam separately operates a municipal self-occupancy requirement — zelfwoonplicht, or opkoopbescherming — on homes below a purchase-price ceiling. It is a buy-to-let restriction keyed to price and not to nationality, and the register has read the threshold only in the press and therefore states none.

Sources

elra.eu — European Land Registry Network, Netherlands contact point · amsterdam.nl and rijksoverheid.nl were not readable; the zelfwoonplicht threshold is therefore not stated

This jurisdiction in the register

1 record, 1 with a published page. Each record carries the facts this rule turns on — entry price, seller, and where the rule distinguishes them, first sale, fractional sale, construction status, tenure — each dated and sourced.

The register publishes the rule and the facts; it does not say whether any purchase qualifies. Eligibility attaches to a sale, not to a building, and the register is not immigration counsel. All jurisdictions →