The Dutch property brokers’ semi-annual Open House Day last Saturday was deemed a success despite the uncertain weather and the limited supply of houses for sale, the Telegraaf reported on Monday.

A full 85,000 visitors toured the 18,000 houses listed in the event. Most visits took place at housing outside the big cites, the brokers group NVM said.

‘In the major cities houses are for sale for such a short time that participation in the Open House Day is less important. But the houses there which took part attracted a great deal of interest,’ an NVM spokesman said.