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Dutch Housing Prices Soar 10%—But Are We Celebrating a Bubble?

by Paolo Maria Pavan

When Data Inflates, Truth Shrinks April 2025: According to Statistics Netherlands (CBS), the average price of an existing home was 10.2% higher than in April 2024. It’s the eleventh consecutive month ...

DUTCH ECONOMY Paolo Maria Pavan REAL ESTATE

May 23, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN

May 22, 2025 – Amsterdam Stock Exchange: AEX Just Dropped

by Paolo Maria Pavan

On Thursday, May 22, 2025, the Amsterdam AEX Index closed at 926.91 , down 6.41 points or -0.69% . At first glance, the drop may seem minor—barely enough to ripple the water. But the mood today was no...

Paolo Maria Pavan TODAY'S MARKET PULSE

May 22, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN

Your Financing Is Approved—Until It Isn’t

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Let me be clear: the most dangerous phrase in today’s financial vocabulary is “We’ve decided not to proceed due to political uncertainty.” I’ve heard it twice in the last quarter—once during a refinan...

DUTCH ECONOMY Paolo Maria Pavan WISE

May 22, 2025 WISE

The Hidden Tax That’s Draining Your Business

by Linda Pavan

There’s a quiet line item on many assessments that deserves more attention than it gets: tax interest . Most entrepreneurs overlook it until it becomes expensive. And lately? It has become very expens...

Linda Pavan TAX

May 22, 2025 LINDA PAVAN

May 21, 2025 – Amsterdam Stock Exchange: What Flat Markets Teach Bold Entrepreneurs

by Paolo Maria Pavan

A still surface hides a steady hand. Wednesday, May 21, 2025. The Amsterdam AEX Index closes at 933.32—up 2.27 points (+0.24%). On paper, a forgettable figure. In truth, a lesson in strategic restrain...

Paolo Maria Pavan TODAY'S MARKET PULSE

May 21, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN

Why the Dutch Government Is Right to Ban Minimum Wage Deductions for Housing

by Linda Pavan

That’s the principle behind a new Dutch government proposal to gradually eliminate housing cost deductions from the minimum wage , starting in 2026 and reaching zero by 2030. The measure is now open f...

Linda Pavan TAX

May 21, 2025 LINDA PAVAN

The Dutch Paradox: Wealth Now, Weakness Later

by Paolo Maria Pavan

The Netherlands looks good in pictures. Especially when the picture is taken at just the right angle. The Monitor Brede Welvaart and SDG’s 2025 , delivered to Parliament on Accountability Day, offers ...

DUTCH ECONOMY Paolo Maria Pavan

May 21, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN

May 20, 2025 – Amsterdam Stock Exchange: The Market Held Its Breath Today

by Paolo Maria Pavan

When Markets Don’t Shout, Listen Harder Today, the Amsterdam AEX Index closed at 931.05 , inching up by +1.53 points (+0.16%) . It wasn’t a celebration. It wasn’t a collapse. It was something far more...

Paolo Maria Pavan TODAY'S MARKET PULSE

May 20, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN

Why the Dutch Feel Stuck: The Shocking Truth Behind -37 Consumer Confidence

by Paolo Maria Pavan

The Dinner Table Barometer Picture yourself at a Dutch dinner table in May 2025. The mood? Measured. You pass the potatoes, but the conversation circles—quietly—around rising prices, future plans, and...

DUTCH ECONOMY Paolo Maria Pavan

May 20, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN

2.5% Tax, €14.50 Surcharge—Is Amsterdam Now Pricing Out Its Future?

by Linda Pavan

Loving a Place to Death: When Hospitality Turns Hostage Amsterdam did not quietly pass through 2024. Twenty million visitors crossed its threshold—a number that should not reassure, but alarm. This is...

DUTCH ECONOMY Linda Pavan

May 20, 2025 LINDA PAVAN

May 19, 2025 – Amsterdam Stock Exchange: Flat Lines in a City of Canals

by Paolo Maria Pavan

The Art of Stillness in the Age of Signals Today, the Amsterdam AEX closed at 929.52 points—a barely-there slip of -0.15% from Friday. On paper, it’s a session few will remember. But if you’ve learned...

Paolo Maria Pavan TODAY'S MARKET PULSE

May 19, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN

ESG for Dutch Micro and Small Businesses: A Straight Talk from the Finance Kitchen Table

by Linda Pavan

Sit Down, Let’s Make Sense of ESG—Together After 25 years working in finance and tax here in the Netherlands, there’s one thing I know: most rules have a reason, and most fears are just questions wait...

COMPLIANCE Linda Pavan

May 19, 2025 LINDA PAVAN

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