For the second year in a row Alpine Property attended the “Second Home International” property exhibition in Utrecht. Last year produced some good sales and some contacts with other Dutch sales channels so we headed over again. Early signs are promising, we registered 20% more prospective buyers on our database and the general feeling was that the people we spoke to where more serious about a purchase than last year. It is always hard to tell how things have gone straight after the exhibition, for example one of the people we met last year has just signed for his new property this month. These things are very long-term! The organisers have not released their official figures yet but so far it looks like about 10,000 people visited the exhibition over the weekend. In a country of only 16 million that is fairly impressive.
So why Utrecht? The Dutch have always been very keen on the Haute Savoie, especially in the 90′s, they went a little cool when the British pushed the prices through the roof but are now returning in their droves and mopping up the bargains. They are in the Eurozone so don’t feel the effects of the weak pound. Apparently Utrecht is the best place to meet in Holland, it is within an hour of anywhere in the country.
Here is a little video too, a word of warning though. It’s not terribly exiting.
