Dutch Gov't Takes over Regulation of Real Estate Agents After Consistent Complaints
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If the cabinet has its way, real estate agents will be required to register in a professional register. In De Kwestie, we present a proposition regarding this to our readers. Feel free to respond below as well.
Dutch gov't takes over regulation of real estate agents after consistent complaints
With some reluctance, Housing Minister Elanor Boekholt-O’Sullivan (D66) is stepping in to regulate real estate agents. Self-regulation has proved insufficient to prevent abuses like preferential treatment and driving up prices by playing buyers off against each other, as consistent complaints to the homeowners’ association VEH have shown.
Real estate agents will be required to register in a professional register. They will also be given statutory standards of conduct for the fair guidance of...
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welingelichtekringen.nlUTRECHT (ANP) - The Dutch Association of Real Estate Agents (NVM) supports housing minister Elanor Boekholt-O'Sullivan's proposal to require brokers to register in a professional register. The brokerage association would only have liked that brokers who want to register must meet...
The mandatory register could turn the real estate sector upside down: it binds all real estate agents to fixed rules of conduct and ensures enforcement.
With fresh reluctance, Housing Minister Boekholt-O'Sullivan (D66) is getting involved with the real estate industry. She is going to introduce a register of real estate agents and a complaints desk for dissatisfied buyers and sellers. "Many people feel that the process of buying or selling a house is not fair." The minister commissioned a study. Almost a third of the respondents had at least one negative experience with a real estate agent, in …
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