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4 new homes found in Amsterdam today

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Rental homes in Amsterdam are listed across hundreds of websites, and the average listing is gone within 5.3 days. Huurspot monitors all of those sites for you and sends an alert as soon as a home matches what you’re looking for. No more searching all day yourself.

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  • Including listings from small agencies

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Median rent
€1,650
Price per m²
€27.80
New listings this month
934
Peak time for new listings
22–0 h

Averages for rental homes in Amsterdam over the last 15 days, source: Huurspot.

Today in Amsterdam

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Each line is a home we came across for the first time today on one of the channels we monitor. Our members got an alert the moment it appeared.

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  1. Newly found Noord €2,300 · 75 m² · 1 bedroom
  2. Newly found Noord €1,600 · 40 m² · 1 bedroom
  3. Newly found Zuidoost €850 · 9 m² · 1 room
  4. Newly found Zuid €1,702 · 120 m² · 1 room

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We only share what’s currently available with members. Otherwise it’s gone before your alert arrives.

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  • 4 new homes found today
  • Spread over 3 neighbourhoods
  • First find today: 08:35

Amsterdam by district

Every district has its own character, price level and pace. Below you’ll find the median asking rent in the private sector and the average time a listing stays online, over the past ninety days.

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When do new listings appear?

New homes don’t come online evenly. In Amsterdam, most listings appear on Sunday evening and Monday, with a peak between 10 pm and midnight. If you only check the next morning, you’ve already missed part of what’s available.

On top of that, listings are spread across dozens of rental sites, each with its own rhythm and application process. Checking every channel at the right moment is the real work, not finding one home.

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How it works

  1. Set your preferences

    City, maximum rent, number of rooms. Easily add your wishes.

  2. We scan day and night

    We continuously check hundreds of rental sites, including small agencies you don’t know about.

  3. You respond first

    As soon as there’s a match, you get an instant alert with a link to the original listing.

Renting in Amsterdam

You won’t find a rental home in Amsterdam in one place. Listings come from large platforms, from investors with their own websites and from dozens of smaller agencies and brokers. Each of them publishes homes at its own moment. So if you’re searching, you need to keep an eye on many places at once.

That matters more than it seems, because in Amsterdam the person with the best profile rarely wins. A new home gets dozens of responses within a few hours, and many landlords only invite the first applicants to a viewing. If you only see a listing in the evening, you’re often too late. The home is still there, but the viewings have already been given away.

Be ready to respond the moment it counts

Responding fast only helps if you can also show right away that you qualify. In the private sector, landlords usually ask for a gross income of three to four times the basic rent. They want to see your payslips, an employer’s statement (werkgeversverklaring) and a copy of your ID. If you have those documents ready, you can send a complete application within minutes. If you still have to look for them, you lose exactly the time that makes the difference.

Looking for a mid-rent home (middenhuur)? Check first whether you can get a housing permit (huisvestingsvergunning). It has been required in Amsterdam since 1 July 2025, and a landlord isn’t allowed to choose you without one. However fast you respond, without a permit there’s no point.

What your budget gets you

How much home you get for your money depends heavily on the district. Centrum and Zuid have the highest price per square metre. In Noord, Nieuw-West and Zuidoost, the same budget often gets you more space. The table above shows what to expect per district, so you know whether your search is realistic before you start.

A large share of listings are rooms. For those, the housemates usually choose who moves in, often after a hospiteeravond, an evening where several candidates come to meet them. Here too, the earlier you respond, the more likely you are to be invited.

Timing is the real work

Searching in Amsterdam isn’t mainly about finding the right home. It’s about looking in the right place at the right moment. The figures on this page show how quickly new listings appear and disappear.

Frequently asked questions

What you should know about renting in Amsterdam

Yes, if the home is social or mid-rent housing: up to and including 186 points under the Dutch points system (woningwaarderingsstelsel). For mid-rent homes this has applied since 1 July 2025. If you rent from a housing association (woningcorporatie), it applies for the permit (huisvestingsvergunning) for you. If you rent from a private landlord, you apply to the City of Amsterdam yourself; this usually takes about two weeks, and you can only move in once you have it. Mid-rent homes have an income cap. Free-sector homes (187 points or more) don't need a permit.

No. Huurspot looks for homes from private landlords and in the free sector. In Amsterdam, social housing from housing associations is allocated through DAK regio Amsterdam, the successor to WoningNet. You register there separately and build up points while you are registered.

!WOON gives Amsterdam residents free, confidential advice on rent, service costs, contracts and repairs, funded by the city. You can call +31 20 5230 130, send an email or visit a walk-in hour. They also help with unfair landlord practices, such as agency fees you should not have paid. To start a formal case yourself, go to the Rent Tribunal (Huurcommissie).

In October, Huurspot found an average of 96 new rental listings per week in Amsterdam, across 22 websites. Most new listings appeared on Monday, between 10:00 and 14:00. Last updated 25 October 2026.

According to Pararius, new free-sector tenants in Amsterdam paid an average of about €28.50 per m² a month in 2026. That puts a 60 m² apartment at roughly €1,700 a month. A room from a private landlord cost around €950, according to Kamernet. Homes with 186 points or fewer have a legal maximum rent; a rent check shows whether the asking price is allowed.

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