There is a 10% tax when buying a house for renting (ie each house after the first one) in the Netherlands. It did stop some people from thinking of buying a hou

There is a 10% tax when buying a house for renting (ie each house after the first one) in the Netherlands. It did stop some people from thinking of buying a house (like my wife) but there is still a huge shortage (and speculation/investment) so it didn't solve the problem. OTOH comparable per meter prices are way lower than London or Frankfurt