Economics

Amsterdam Parliament Seeks Three-Year Freeze for Housing Resales

  • City takes fight to property speculators with residency law
  • Tabled proposal doesn’t include implementation of time line

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Photographer: Jasper Juinen/Bloomberg

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Amsterdam’s city legislature approved a proposal that would require home buyers to reside there for at least three years in an effort to prevent investors from snapping up houses just to sell them on for a higher price.