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The proceeds of house sales under execution in the Netherlands are on average 34 percent under the market price (an average of 58,000 Euro). This is evident from an analysis of 3440 enforced sales in the period 2006-2012 by the Tilburg professor real estate economics Dirk Brounen and strategic advisor Martijn de Jong-Tennekes van Meso.
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This study was conducted on the basis of data provided by the National Mortgage Guarantee. The discount percentage even increased to more than 40 percent in recent years. "As a result, home owners are left with a residual debt that is much higher than necessary", according to Brounen.