After two months of containment, real estate is expecting a particular rebound. The real estate agency Laforêt noted with the Covid-19 crisis the desire to change housing. This was explained by Yann Jéhanno, director of Laforêt France, guest of Emmanuel Duteil on Europe 1.
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Yann Jéhanno evokes these tenants or owners who "lived for two months, eye to eye with [their] accommodation". According to him, they "identified defects in this accommodation" during this period.
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The professional quotes in particular "vis-à-vis very present, noisy buildings" or the need for "a room for teleworking". Result: these observations are reflected in the statistics. "Requests for house searches have increased by 12% compared to the same period last year," says Yann Jéhanno.
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According to him, these new customers are even ready to make an effort. "If tomorrow a company passes its employees two to three days a week, it is true that we can, in this case, move away from their place of work and tolerate times of public or individual transport a little longer, "he analyzes.