The coronavirus has left the French property market in limbo. The fall in prices, for a time mentioned, has not yet taken place. This does not prevent the sector from doing well. Stéphane Plaza, animator on M6 and real estate agent assures in the Wild team that "real estate works very well". "We may never have worked so well," he continues.
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"The real estate agent is happy when things go wrong in a couple"
With the health crisis, there was, of course, "a shutdown of real estate for two months", during the period of confinement. Now that this one is finished, "it starts very, very well, whether in big cities, or in the provinces with houses with gardens". An upturn in the market even though "the credit rates are going up a little and the files are a little more difficult", reports the real estate agent.
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In any case, Stéphane Plaza notes that there are "more and more mandates and that it is selling very well". The confinement would thus have served as an accelerator for the couples. Those for whom it went very well "want to grow". And there are some for whom things have gone less well, "but for a real estate agent, that's very good! When you separate, when you divorce, you sell an apartment and you buy two others, is perfect. It's even better than an estate ... "
In short, "the real estate agent is happy when things go wrong in a couple" jokes the host. The boom in telework will also encourage the search for housing that can afford it in good conditions.