The Dutch land market : a regional tool for policy impact on vacancy and grant rates

Purpose – The land market in the Netherlands uses a model in which the municipalities are the land use policy makers, but also act as active stakeholder in the development, and so grant land for profits. The acquisition and granting of this type of land has been very lucrative, this enticed the municipalities to become the largest land owner in the Dutch land market. Municipalities started to act speculatively and rely on these extra incomes. Now, that demand is not evolving as expected, it becomes apparent that even after the crisis there will be a large oversupply. To ensure incomes on busin... Mehr ...