Utrecht commuter town IJsselstein is Funda's most popular search

The town of IJsselstein, south of Utrecht, is the most popular location for home hunters on housing website Funda, both in October and in the first nine months of this year. In absolute terms, cities like Amsterdam and Utrecht are far more popular, Funda spokeswoman Claire Verhagen said. “But IJsselstein generates the most views per home and that makes it the most popular.” Bart Rietveld, a born and bred IJsselsteiner and head of the local history society, told the AD he would be surprised if his home town did not top the list. Five of the top 10 towns in Funda’s October ranking are in Utrecht province, four in Gelderland and one, the Groningen commuter town of Zuid-Laren is in Drenthe.