House prices in Terschelling: what a home costs there and how that changed
An existing home in the municipality of Terschelling sold in 2025 for €524,000 on average: 4.3% more than in 2024, €149,000 more than the average of Friesland. That is the average of every existing home sold, according to the CBS; per street and per type of home it differs a lot.
In short
- An existing home in Terschelling sold in 2025 for €524,000 on average, 4.3% more than in 2024 (CBS).
- Average in Friesland: €376,000; in the whole of the Netherlands: €480,000 (2025).
- In five years, since 2020, the average sale price went from €382,000 to €524,000 (+37.2%).
- Terschelling ranks 105 of the 342 municipalities of the Netherlands and 3 of 18 in Friesland, from expensive to cheap (2025).
Written by Jiri, estate agent in Maastricht and founder of DoorLetter.
Updated on 6 October 2026.
Terschelling: from €95,000 in 1995 to €524,000 in 2025. Friesland: from €68,000 in 1995 to €376,000 in 2025. The Netherlands: from €94,000 in 1995 to €480,000 in 2025.
| Year | Terschelling | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | €524,000 | +4.3% |
| 2024 | €503,000 | -3.2% |
| 2023 | €519,000 | +3.6% |
| 2022 | €501,000 | +19.9% |
| 2021 | €418,000 | +9.4% |
| 2020 | €382,000 | +16.7% |
| 2019 | €328,000 | -2.4% |
| 2018 | €336,000 | +8.9% |
| 2017 | €308,000 | +4.3% |
| 2016 | €296,000 | -4.6% |
Show every year since 1995Hide earlier years
| Year | Terschelling | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | €310,000 | +10.6% |
| 2014 | €280,000 | -1.2% |
| 2013 | €284,000 | +2.2% |
| 2012 | €278,000 | -17.2% |
| 2011 | €335,000 | +23.5% |
| 2010 | €272,000 | -3.5% |
| 2009 | €281,000 | -11.2% |
| 2008 | €317,000 | +28.5% |
| 2007 | €247,000 | +2.1% |
| 2006 | €242,000 | -7.3% |
| 2005 | €261,000 | -2.3% |
| 2004 | €267,000 | +17.4% |
| 2003 | €227,000 | -5.7% |
| 2002 | €241,000 | +4.1% |
| 2001 | €232,000 | +9.3% |
| 2000 | €212,000 | +7.0% |
| 1999 | €198,000 | +22.4% |
| 1998 | €162,000 | +50.1% |
| 1997 | €108,000 | +4.8% |
| 1996 | €103,000 | +8.1% |
| 1995 | €95,000 |
A house in Terschelling that is not for sale
The average price says roughly what you will pay when something comes up for sale. What it does not say is how little comes up for sale in the streets where you really want to live. In many municipalities the wanted houses are on Funda only briefly, and some never get there: they go to someone in the agent's network, or to someone who asked the owner earlier.
At almost every house I sold as an agent, the owners had earlier received letters from people who wanted to live there. Whoever sends such a letter is in the picture the moment moving comes up; whoever waits until the house is on Funda queues with everyone else. So choose the house or the street in Terschelling where you want to live, and write to the owner yourself: who you are, why there, and that you are not an investor. What such a letter looks like, in English and in Dutch, is in the letter to a Dutch homeowner.
How to read these figures
The CBS, the Dutch national statistics office, counts every existing home sold to a private buyer in a year and registered with the Kadaster, the land registry, and divides the total price by the number. New-build homes are not included. A year's figure is final as soon as it appears; a new year is usually added in February.
An average is not the price of a house. If more apartments are sold in Terschelling in a year than the year before, the average falls, even if every single home became more expensive. The CBS itself says the average sale price is not a measure of price development; for that there is the price index of existing homes. What you will pay for one particular house depends on the street, the type, the size and the condition, and that can be far from the average.
The WOZ value is something else: a valuation by the municipality for tax purposes, as of 1 January of the previous year. And how much buyers bid above the asking price is nowhere in these figures; what is public about that is in overbidding in the Netherlands: the figures per quarter and province. Source of every price on this page: CBS StatLine, table 83625NED.
The municipalities of Friesland, from expensive to cheap
Average sale price in 2025. Most expensive: Schiermonnikoog, Vlieland and Terschelling; cheapest: Leeuwarden, Noardeast-Fryslân and Waadhoeke.
| # | Municipality | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Schiermonnikoog | €656,000 |
| 2 | Vlieland | €542,000 |
| 3 | Terschelling | €524,000 |
| 4 | De Fryske Marren | €457,000 |
| 5 | Ameland | €452,000 |
| 6 | Opsterland | €433,000 |
| 7 | Weststellingwerf | €425,000 |
| 8 | Ooststellingwerf | €423,000 |
| 9 | Heerenveen | €419,000 |
| 10 | Dantumadiel | €417,000 |
| 11 | Tytsjerksteradiel | €393,000 |
| 12 | Achtkarspelen | €387,000 |
| 13 | Súdwest-Fryslân | €382,000 |
| 14 | Smallingerland | €369,000 |
| 15 | Harlingen | €363,000 |
| 16 | Waadhoeke | €337,000 |
| 17 | Noardeast-Fryslân | €332,000 |
| 18 | Leeuwarden | €319,000 |
This page in Dutch: Huizenprijzen in Terschelling.
Frequently asked questions
How much does a house in Terschelling cost on average?
An existing home in the municipality of Terschelling sold in 2025 for €524,000 on average, according to the CBS. That is the average of every sale to a private buyer; an apartment often costs less, a detached house more.
Are house prices in Terschelling rising?
In 2025 the average sale price was 4.3% more than in 2024, and 37.2% more than five years earlier (2020). An average also moves with what is sold: if more small homes are sold, it falls, even when prices rise.
Is Terschelling more expensive than the rest of Friesland?
Yes: in 2025 a home in Terschelling cost €524,000 on average, in the whole of Friesland €376,000. That puts Terschelling at place 3 of the 18 municipalities in the province, from expensive to cheap.
Where do these figures come from?
From CBS StatLine, table 83625NED: the average sale price of existing homes sold to private buyers, per municipality and per year since 1995, based on the transactions registered by the Kadaster, the land registry. New-build homes are not included. The page fetches the figures daily.
Can I buy a house in Terschelling as a foreigner?
Yes, without restrictions. What limits you is the mortgage: lenders look at your income, your contract and, outside the EU, your residence permit, and lend at most the valuation. The buyer's costs come from savings. The guide for expats on this site walks through the whole purchase.
How do I buy a house in Terschelling that is not for sale?
By writing to the owner yourself, with a personal letter to the residents of the house or the street where you want to live. Most owners do not reply, but those who do often already have plans, and then you buy without a bidding war. Through DoorLetter the first letter is free, printed and delivered by PostNL; the owner can reply anonymously.
Write to the owner of the house in Terschelling you want.
Pick the address or the street, write in your own words who you are and why there, and send your letter. The first letter is free, printed and delivered by PostNL; the owner can reply anonymously with the code in the letter.
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