Brief History & Role
VBO Makelaar was founded in 1985 and is currently situated in Nootdorp in the Netherlands. In 2019, the name was changed to VBO. VBO is the Dutch association for real estate agents and valuers.
Principal Activities
With approximately 1.300 registered members, VBO is the second largest real estate association in the Netherlands. VBO has a Residential Real Estate section and a Commercial Real Estate section, which includes members specialized not only in commercial real estate but also agricultural real estate.
Principal Areas of Policy
VBO renders a great number of services to its members, such as legal and business advice. VBO represents the interests of its members with relevant stakeholders as well in Dutch and European parliament. Where as an individual entrepreneur you often have little or no influence on political issues, VBO defends its members' interests. VBO does this by, for example, advocating for legislation and regulations that are in line with the daily work and practice as a real estate agent or valuer.
Organisation
VBO is a Dutch association for real estate agents and valuers. It is a member of the CEI (Confédération Européenne de l'immobilier) and TEGoVA.
Membership
The members of VBO stand for quality and reliability; their service is guaranteed by a code of ethics and subject to the disciplinary rules administered by an independent disciplinary tribunal, the 'TCMNL' (Tuchtcollege Makelaardij Nederland).
VBO obliges its members to upgrade their professional knowledge on a yearly basis. Every five years each member is subject to recertification to make sure their legal and marketing knowledge is contemporary.
Publications
Various
- Vastgoed Adviseur: a quarterly magazine for members and stakeholders. The magazine (36 pages) is filled with inspiring long reads, short updates from the association and interesting articles about the latest developments in the sector and the political arena.
- A weekly newsletter for all members including updates on the latest developments within the association, as well as general real estate and political news.
- Monthly podcasts and webinars about various current topics within real estate;
- Reports about the points of view of VBO concerning current subjects in the real estate market.
Everything is published on www.vbomakelaar.nl and on the members website www.mijnvbo.nl
EVS 2016 & EVS 2020
- EVS 2016 (Blue Book) & EVS 2020 in Dutch
TEGOVA NETHERLANDS translated the European Valuation Standards 2016 and extracts of EVS 2020 into Dutch.
- EVS 2016 (Blue Book) in Dutch
- EVS 2020 (Blue Book) in Dutch (extract)
- EVS 2020 in kort bestek (40 pages) in DutchVBO, together with professor Berkhout, have also written ‘EVS 2020 in kort bestek’, a summary of the guidelines and the differences between EVS 2016 and EVS 2020 with practical examples and situations explaining the proper use of EVS.
