How Lukas Kerrebijn of RD Vastgoed and RD Dubai is Leading a New Generation of Dutch Investors Moving Beyond Borders

That restlessness shaped the career of Lukas Kerrebijn, who entered real estate before his twentieth birthday. While interning at a brokerage in Amsterdam, he saw how easily homes sold in a market of relentless demand, and how disproportionately sellers paid for it. Convinced he could offer a fairer, more efficient system, he founded a platform that connected owners directly with investors, eliminating traditional agency fees. What began as a simple act of rebellion against inefficiency evolved into a national business that completed hundreds of transactions and built a network of thousands of investors. The lesson was immediate and lasting: transparency and execution matter more than tradition.  

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Kerrebijn on what that first venture taught him states, “At nineteen, I realised real estate didn’t need to be complicated to be effective. If you treat capital responsibly and operate transparently, people trust you. That trust is what scales, not marketing.”  

As the firm matured, so did the market. Through RD Vastgoed, with his business partner Kamil Boussatta and an experienced Dutch team, Kerrebijn formalized what his early success had revealed: real estate is less about speculation than stewardship. The company buys, optimizes, and resells properties across the Netherlands, upgrading them for long-term investors while guiding private owners through exits made inevitable by shifting policy. Its focus is technical and disciplined: accurate valuations, clear documentation, and professional management in a sector often burdened by opacity.  

Kerrebijn elaborates, “The environment in the Netherlands changed. Many owners had to sell because the rules shifted, not because the assets were bad. Our job became helping them exit professionally and then redeploy the capital intelligently. That is responsible investing.” 

Yet RD Vastgoed’s work is increasingly defined by transition rather than transaction. As Dutch landlords unwind holdings, many face a familiar dilemma: once the sale is complete, what next? With interest on savings lagging inflation and domestic yields compressed, capital seeks movement. The firm’s network provides a bridge advising clients on reinvestment abroad, most often in the United Arab Emirates, where its sister platform, RD Dubai, channels collective investment into Dubai’s high-quality developments. The connection between the two companies reflects a quiet shift in European investment psychology: from static ownership to strategic allocation. 

For Kerrebijn, this evolution is less about geography than generational mindset. The same curiosity that drove him to question brokerage fees at nineteen now informs how he guides investors through changing markets. Regulation may define borders, but opportunity rarely respects them. What distinguishes this new wave of Dutch entrepreneurs is not the urge to escape, but the skill to adapt, to move capital and ideas fluidly between mature and emerging markets without losing the prudence that built their foundations. 

“The Netherlands will always be home. However, the opportunity today is global. The next generation isn’t emotional about borders, we allocate where growth, governance, and quality align.” 

In that sense, RD Vastgoed’s and RD Dubai’s story is not merely about property. It is about motion – economic, cultural, and personal – the kind that begins in a small Dutch office and extends outward toward cities that, like Dubai, still reward the courage to reimagine what growth looks like.