Criminals actively target the Amsterdam housing market. They use online advertising- and auction websites to defraud people looking for rooms, apartments or houses.
The apartments on offer either do not exist or are already occupied by legitimate renters or owners.
Here’s how you can avoid Amsterdam rental scams.
Housing in Amsterdam is at a premium, so students and interns (as well as locals) tend to have a hard time finding a room. We list several services and advertisers that list rooms for rent.
We also give details on how to avoid room rental scams. And did you know that certain types of properties come without renters’ protections (e.g. cancellation terms)?
Also: is your room legal or illegal? Are you allowed to register?
Plus: What to do if you are being charged too much rent.
Nearly 10.000 Amsterdam households looking for rent-controlled homes no longer qualify for social housing since new EU rules went into effect at the start of 2011.
Amsterdam will soon see its first private student hotel.
City Living provides accommodation for people who are still studying or in the first two years of their professional life. The company’s Amsterdam facilities will include 625 rooms.
A recent change in rental regulations for the middle segment of Amsterdam’s free sector housing market has resulted in fewer homes made available for rent.
That is the main reason behind a 12 percent increase in rental prices over the past year.
Demand for housing is at a premium in Amsterdam, and the same is true for student rooms.
Supply lags behind demand, so accommodation is hard to find, especially at reasonable prices.
Many students have resorted to looking for rooms outside the city.