has bought a Dutch residential real estate portfolio worth €110m.

Private investors including Grouwels Vastgoed sold the 91,500sqm portfolio of 980 residential units.

Michael Bickford, founder and chief executive of US-based , said the company was committed to the Netherlands.

Round Hill has been invested in Dutch residential real estate assets since 2014, paying β‚¬365m for a 3,786-unit portfolio sold by Dutch housing association .

The Dutch residential sector continues to attract global investment, with the door to international investors opened wide.

In an opening keynote address at this year’s , the city’s mayor, Eberhard van der Laan, told delegates that rising residential prices were driving people out of the city.

β€ΐαf we cannot create partnerships with institutions and pension funds, it will be a defeat,” he said.

β€œWe can only solve the problem if we build in numbers.”

The Dutch residential market, already an established part of local pension funds’ investment portfolios, has  of foreign, cross-border investment managers.