> All the apartments in and around me are all the time rented out as airbnb. During peak of pandemic, it was pretty much a ghost town. What you mention around

> All the apartments in and around me are all the time rented out as airbnb. During peak of pandemic, it was pretty much a ghost town. What you mention around Airbnb shouldn't be addressed through a buy-to-let ban, but an airbnb or short-term rental ban, which already exists in various forms. If there's problems with enforcement, address that. The ghost-town you described happened regardless of airbnb but due to literal lockdown measures that affected everyone, in particular the local population, you don't see the effect anymore despite tourists still largely staying away. > Because of the rising prices, the annual property tax to be paid also increases dramatically. No that's not correct. Typically Dutch municipalities tax based on what they need. If they need 1 million, they'd charge 1% of 100 in property values, or 2% of 50 million in property values. Price increases don't translate into higher property taxes. You can see a video of how Utrecht does it, on their own website: https://bghu.nl/belasting/ozb https://bghu.nl/belasting/ozb In fact, in Utrecht property tax rates decreased by about 22% in the past 6 years, due to increasing home prices. Of course there is inflation, in absolute terms the number is increasing. But what you're describing isn't happening. I own a home in Utrecht, too. Many studies in the Netherlands have shown investors aren't the cause of the price increases, I don't think this policy will solve things. It'll just relieve some pressure on the buying market and put extra pressure on the rental market. > People blame the low interest rate Yes, these people are economists, including the Dutch Central Bank, the AFM, every bank, every professor, in countless studies. The effect is clear and obvious.