ING: Household Power after crisis more than halved – Focus on News

Also ran the amount of savings and investments back during this period. This are a third of households hold ted in six years. The total assets of Dutch households amounted to € 1,120 billion in 2014.

The lean years after the economic crisis have beaten a hole in household assets. This while buffers by retrenchment of social security and labor market flexibility are becoming increasingly important.

For households in Flevoland is the decline with the fall in house prices reached the hardest. The difference Zealand, the province with the richest households has thus become four times as large. As the economy grows more resistant, the private power take again increasing. With rising house prices North Hollanders and Utrechters feathers strongest on.

Zealanders most wealthy, in Flevoland least

Zeeland, Brabant and Drent Egyptians after the downturn is still the most powerful and this is true regardless of their own home. Groningen, South Holland and Flevoland Landers finish bottom. The differences have increased in the lean years.

Flevoland most attenuated

Especially households in Flevoland have a weakened financial position. The youngest province of the Netherlands has the highest number of negative power and an estimated half of all households do not meet the minimum NIBUD buffer of € 3,300.
Region economist Rico Luman “Nationally, the difference in capabilities between Zeeland and Flevoland greatest. This shows that the elderly are much wealthier than the young and middle-aged people. “

North Hollanders and Utrechters benefit from recovery, but top three remain the same

As a result of returning economic growth, the financial position of households in 2014 reached a turning point, but broad-based recovery is not there yet. With a house-price increase of 14% and 10% progress for households in the provinces of Noord-Holland and Utrecht strongest.

Homeowners in these provinces have their abilities will see an increase of € 34,000 and € 25,000, at an average of € 17,000. Noord-Holland and Utrecht will walk with domestic capacity slightly, but the big advantage is the top three of Zeeland, North Brabant and Drenthe expected to continue unchanged. Homeowners in the cities of Amsterdam and Utrecht go more forward. Here, the power loss was more than offset by lower house prices.