According to the municipality, first-time buyers are already reaping the benefits of the measure, because more houses are coming into the hands of first-time buyers. In the second half of 2021, 46 percent of owner-occupied homes went to a starter and in the past six months this was already 7 percent more, namely 53 percent of the houses sold in Utrecht.
Buy-back protection works in Utrecht, says the municipality: more homes for starters
