Funda
Posting a house on Funda
Funda is a housing website for Dutch real estate. Funda receives 4 million visitors every month. In addition to the well-known Funda.nl for residential houses, there are also fundainbusinesss.nl for commercial real estate and fundalandelijk.nl for agricultural real estate.
You cannot just post a house on Funda yourself
You cannot post a house on Funda yourself. Only real estate agents can do that. To ensure that your house for sale gets listed on Funda, you need to hire a real estate agent to place your property there.
Not only houses from NVM real estate agents appear on Funda
In the past, only the properties of NVM real estate agents were listed on Funda. That is no longer the case. Since September 2007, listings from real estate agents affiliated with VBO Makelaar and VastgoedPRO are also visible. A real estate agent not affiliated with one of these three associations cannot place a property on Funda.
Alternatives to get your house on Funda
One way to appear on Funda without the intervention of a traditional real estate agent is to do the sale 'yourself' through, for example, Makelaarsland or Digimakelaars. Both websites are actual real estate agents, affiliated with NVM. Therefore, you can place your property on Funda through them. The difference with a regular real estate agent is that you are responsible for taking photos, writing the sales text, and conducting viewings yourself.
The business side of Funda
First half of 2018 First half of 2017 Growth
Revenue €16,035,201 €15,667,451 +2.3%
Costs €9,409,535 €9,886,474 -4.8%
Net Result €5,393,684 €4,703,609 +15%
Ownership
The website was launched in February 2001 at the initiative of the NVM and Wegener Media. In 2013, Funda took over the shares from Wegener Media. As a result, the shareholders are now NVM Holding B.V. (70.6%) and Stichting administratiekantoor Funda (29.4%). Stichting administratiekantoor Funda has issued share certificates to 2,200 certificate holders. All these certificate holders are real estate agents or real estate agencies, or have been in the past.
Control
Control over Funda lies with NVM Holding. NVM Holding has 90% of the voting rights, compared to the 10% of the voting rights held by Stichting Administratiekantoor Funda.
The value of Funda
In September 2017, General Atlantic showed interest in a minority stake in Funda. The value of Funda was 240 million euros, according to the acquisition candidate.
Selling your house on Funda
Mijn Verkoopmakelaar helps you select a real estate agent to sell your house. We do this by sending your house to all affiliated real estate agents. They send you a response in which they introduce themselves and explain how they would approach the sale of your house. You can then choose the real estate agent that suits you based on all the responses. All responding real estate agents can place your property on Funda.
Keep in mind that if you have a leasehold property, you should indicate this with the property.
