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Dutch property sites now charging home seekers to contact realtors

Original: Property sites charge home seekers to even make contact with realtor

Property websites are charging home seekers a fee just to make contact with realtors, adding a new cost to an already expensive and competitive housing market. The practice is drawing criticism from house hunters who say access to viewings and agents should not be paywalled, amid a chronic housing shortage.

Why now: People are angry about new paywalls on an essential step of finding a home during a housing crisis

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