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UK Property Investors: Adding Dutch Real Estate Through a BV

Updated: 6 October 2026 Holdwise editorial team UK Real estate BV

UK property investors can buy Dutch real estate through a Dutch BV. The Dutch housing market has a long-term shortage, free-sector rents that are indexed every year and income in euros. In a BV, you can deduct the full financing interest. The transfer tax is 8% on residential investment property and 10.4% on commercial property. At Holdwise, we keep this answer up to date and change it when the rules change.

Why UK landlords invest in Dutch property

The Netherlands is short of hundreds of thousands of homes. Almost every home is let, and there are tenants in every economic cycle. Free-sector rents are indexed every year. Logistics property along the Rotterdam corridor is a further option for yield. It is the same kind of market in which many UK portfolios were first built.

Investing in Dutch property from abroad? Compare buying privately or through a Dutch company, and the transfer tax that applies.

Investing through a BV

Your property BV pays 19% corporate tax on its net rental profit up to €200,000. Net rental profit means the rents minus interest, maintenance and management costs. Within the standard limits, you can deduct the full financing interest. Through a holding company above the BV, you collect the profits and choose when to pay them out. See how a holding works. If you own property privately, you pay box 3 tax at 36% on a deemed return above €59,357 per person. That suits single small properties. For the full comparison, see BV or private.

Buying from the UK

The entity is formed remotely in weeks (how it works). For the purchase, there is power of attorney and notarial escrow, with same-day title registration. A Dutch services team reports quarterly: the services package. Investors who relocate can fold the portfolio into the wider relocate: the Netherlands guide.

Compare the Netherlands with Ireland and Germany on tax, substance, running costs and time. See setting up a Dutch subsidiary for a foreign parent company.

In the Netherlands, a family office has three parts: a holding company, a foundation that issues depositary receipts (STAK) and a foundation for giving. Families organise the decisions in three ways. Read more on a family office in the Netherlands.

What to buy first

With free-sector apartments in the Randstad, you invest in a large and stable market. With a logistics building, you get a higher yield. Check your numbers most carefully for homes in the regulated segment. In that segment, the maximum rent is set by a points system. Professional buyers take these rules into account in their price.

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Frequently asked questions

How does the Dutch regime compare with UK Section 24? +

It works the other way around. In the BV, you deduct the financing interest from the rental profit before corporate tax applies (19% on the first €200,000 of profit and 25.8% above that). UK landlords lost this interest deduction at home. In a Dutch BV, they can use it.

Can my UK company own the Dutch property BV? +

Yes. Usually a Dutch holding is placed between the two, for the participation exemption and more room for financing. You can normally plan this in one session.

What net yields are realistic today? +

The typical net yield on free-sector homes is 3% to 4.5% after costs, plus the yearly indexation. The yield on logistics property is typically higher, and on prime property lower. The rent is in euros and based on contracts.

Sources Belastingdienst · KVK · wetten.overheid.nl Last updated: 6 October 2026