FAQ

A real estate agent who is active daily in the area can help you best. He or she knows the local market best and will give the most accurate and honest advice...

We are often asked (in an overwrought market) what the bidding process is during the viewing. If the house is sold by registration, a day and time will be announced by which your offer must be received...

Brokerage fees are for your own account. 'Buyer's costs' include the costs associated with the transfer of a home...

If the seller and buyer agree on the most important matters, such as the price, the delivery date and the resolutive conditions, the selling broker will record the agreements in writing in a purchase deed...

This is the deed that is signed at the notary to transfer ownership of real estate from seller to buyer...

For example, a right of way can be arranged as an easement. Here someone has the right (dominant property) to drive over another person's property...

"As a seller you have a duty of disclosure. You must tell everything you know about your home that may be of interest to a buyer...

A buyer has an obligation to investigate. This means that it must find out for itself whether, for example, there are changes to the zoning plan and whether, for example, there are easements...

"Homeowners who want to sell their house must adjust the indicative energy label online for the sale to the current situation. Comparable to the pre-completed declaration from the Tax Authorities...

No, the selling broker determines the sales procedure together with the seller. If you are seriously interested, ask the broker what your position is to avoid disappointment...

Yes that is allowed. Sometimes there are so many interested parties who offer or approach the asking price that it is difficult to determine who the best buyer is...

Yes, the seller can decide to increase or decrease the asking price. In addition, as a potential buyer, you can also decide to lower your offer again during the negotiations...

No. The Supreme Court has determined that the asking price must be regarded as an invitation to make an offer...

"Yes, that is allowed. A negotiation does not necessarily have to lead to a sale. In addition, the seller may want to know whether there is more interest...

"An option in a legal sense gives a party the choice to conclude a purchase agreement with another party by means of a unilateral statement...

The statutory three-day cooling-off period means that you, as a buyer, can dissolve the purchase without giving reasons...

Many people do not dare to buy a home before their own home has been sold and therefore do not switch to another home in advance. If you buy with the NVM No-Risk clause, you can often make that switch...

The NVM knows the NVM General Consumer Terms and Conditions and the NVM General Terms and Conditions for professional clients...

The selling broker represents the interests of the seller. He will advise the seller during the sales process. The selling broker cannot and must therefore not represent your interests at the same time...

No (recommended) rates are prescribed by the NVM. Each NVM broker is allowed to set its own rates and brokerage fees. The price you pay ultimately depends on the composition of the service package you purchase.

Freely in the name means that the costs of transferring the property are borne by the seller. You can think of transfer tax and notary fees.

NVM estate agents are obliged to measure the number of square meters of a home in accordance with industry-wide agreed measurement instructions...

Under Market information you will find the recent sales figures broken down into five types of homes, both per region and for the Netherlands as a whole...

The NVM knows the General Consumer Conditions NVM. The most recent terms and conditions can be found at www.nvm.nl/voorwaarden or obtained from us...

There are several ways in which you as a parent can help if your child wants to buy a house: Donate money to your child, Lend money to your child...

As soon as several homes share 1 roof, there is a VVE by operation of law. The rules regarding the VVE are set out in the deed of division, model regulations or internal regulations...

everything you need to know if you want to sell a home, Broker Choice, Find a real estate agent with sufficient knowledge of your neighborhood and the market prices...

Getting a mortgage just got a little easier Good news if you are planning to buy a house this year. For many buyers it becomes a little easier to get a mortgage...