Real Estate Agents to Face Mandatory Register as Self-Regulation - DutchNews.nl
A government survey found nearly a third of respondents had negative experiences, prompting a register and complaints desk after voluntary oversight failed.
- On Thursday, Housing Minister Elanor Boekholt-O'Sullivan announced plans for a mandatory real estate agent register and complaints desk in the Netherlands following an investigation revealing widespread industry dissatisfaction.
- D66 Minister Boekholt-O'Sullivan concluded voluntary regulation failed after attempts to get the sector to regulate itself proved unsuccessful, as associations like Vastgoed Nederland lack enforcement powers.
- Homeowners association Vereniging Eigen Huis received 900 reports between February and July on real estate agent issues, with nearly 90 percent involving agents affiliated with a trade association.
- While just 2 percent of people made an official complaint, reported issues range from agents passing along confidential information to driving up housing prices.
- The government's decision marks a return to stricter oversight in the Netherlands, where real estate agents were required to be licensed until 2001 before deregulation.
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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.
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