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Sometimes, the real estate agents already take it from both sides.

Indeed, there is a law in preparation, that you pay, if you contacted the agent to find a flat, but the owner pays, if he asked the agent to find a tenant.

I tell you what will happen: you'll never get a contract to rent a place, unless you sign that the agent worked for you, not for the owner.

But surely they will just pass the fee to the tenant in the form of higher rent?

... in the form of higher and recurring rent.

Such a law would do absolutely nothing in these kind of high-demand low-supply situations. The landlord doesn't really need those agencies, they're flooded in offers anyway.